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accelerating agent

accelerating agent

[ak′sel·ər‚ād·iŋ ′ā′jənt]
(materials)
A substance which increases the speed of a chemical reaction.
A compound which hastens and improves the curing of rubber.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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It works a four-minute agitation cycle, after which Component B, an accelerating agent, is dosed at 6 kg (13.2 lb.) per cubic meter.
Water glass at a ratio of 5-8% of the cement weight was used as an accelerating agent.
Chemical admixtures include superplasticizers, normal plasticizers, waterproofing admixtures, air-entraining agents, accelerating agents and retarding agents.
Construction chemicals comprise a wide variety of materials such as cementations; admixtures like waterproofing admixtures, plasticizers, accelerating agents, retarding agents and others; adhesives and sealants like acrylic adhesives, polyurethanes, polyvinyl acetates, epoxy and others; and flame retardants like ATH, antimony oxides, brominated, and chlorinated.
The formulation contains hi-tech accelerating agents, which deliver a rich, cocoabrown tan.
Delayed hypersensitivity - type four: This sensitisation is caused by an allergy to the accelerating agents used in manufacturing latex.
EPDM is unique in that it has only a few crosslinking sites (vinyl radicals) and thus has a greater probability of residual sulfurous compounds from decomposition of the vulcanizing and accelerating agents.
[ClickPress, Thu Oct 30 2014] Concrete Admixtures Market by Type (Super Plasticizers, Normal Plasticizers, Accelerating Agents, Retarding Agents, Air-Entraining Agents, Waterproofing Admixtures, Others) - Global Trends & Forecast to 2019
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