Which risk increases when thermal catalysts degrade via poisoning?

💡 Explanation

Catalyst poisoning increases the catalyst's activation energy barrier via steric hindrance, because the effective surface area reduces, therefore a greater external energy input is needed for successful reactions, rather than the rate decreasing whilst maintaining normal energetics.

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