Which risk increases significantly when a chemical reactor's thermal inertia drops?

💡 Explanation

A smaller thermal inertia means less resistance to temperature change. Therefore, the exothermic reaction produces heat faster than it can dissipate, causing thermal runaway due to the **Arrhenius effect**, rather than slower reactions because thermal inertia is a stability factor.

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