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Which risk increases during rapid industrial ammonia production at elevated temperatures?

A)Excessive catalyst sintering and deactivation
B)Increased heat exchanger fouling rate
C)Reactant gas compressor seal failures
D)Ammonia decomposition shifting equilibrium

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Ammonia decomposition risk increases because Le Chatelier's principle dictates a higher-temperature shift toward reactants; this is because the forward reaction is exothermic, therefore shifting the equilibrium point, rather than sintering which depends on catalyst properties.

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