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← ScienceWhich risk increases in an industrial reactor when the available heat is significantly removed during an exothermic reaction?
A)Catalyst surface area decrease
B)Thermal runaway suppression✓
C)Refrigerant pump failure
D)Reduced activation energy
💡 Explanation
Thermal runaway suppression occurs due to insufficient heat dissipation; reaction rates accelerate following Arrhenius equation behaviour releasing further heat in positive feedback because heat cannot be removed sufficiently; therefore a dangerous temperature spike risk increases rather than thermal equilibrium which would decrease reaction rate.
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