Accelerants play a major role in chemistry. Most chemical reactions can be hastened with an accelerant. Accelerants alter a chemical bond, speed up a chemical process, or bring organisms back to homeostasis. Accelerants are not necessarily catalysts as they may be consumed by the process. An accelerant can be any substance that can bond, mix, or d...
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flammable fuel (often liquid) used by some arsonists to increase size or intensity of fire. May also be accidentally introduced when HAZMAT becomes involved in fire.
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Any material used to initiate or promote the spread of a fire. The most common accelerants are flammable or combustible liquids. Whether a substance is an accelerant depends not on its chemical structure, but on its use
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Synonym for accelerator ... 1. Anything that increases rapidity of action or function. ... 2. In physiology, a nerve, muscle, or substance that quickens movement or response. ... 3. A catalytic agent used to hasten a chemical reaction. ... 4. In nuclear physics, a device that accelerates charged particles (e.g., protons) to high speed in order to p...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: ak-sel′er-ănt Synonyms: accelerator3
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accelerant A substance that is used to intensify a fire.
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something that speeds up a process. · accelerator (def. 5). · a substance that accelerates the spread of fire or makes a fire more intense: Arson was suspected when police found accelerants at the scene of the fire.
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