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What is an accelerant?

What is an accelerant? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (chemistry) Any substance that can bond, mix, or disturb another substance and cause an increase in the speed of a natural or artificial chemical process.
  2. A substance that accelerates the development of a fire; especially some petroleum product used to spread an act of arson
  3. (chemistry) A substance used to catalyze the vulcanization of rubber
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They did tell me that it was definitely on purpose, so it was arson, gasoline was used as the accelerant.
Teeth Whitening Unit is a new type whitening technology, based on the condition of strong blue LED light and whitening kit accelerant.
Subprime debt secured against houses seemed safe. A third and final accelerant is the financial industry.
There was forensic evidence which indicated that the accelerant used to set the fire was white spirit.
However, all in all it was only partially possible to make the woman issue into an accelerant factor in the Socialist Movement.
And so there's an accelerant effect for information flowing through the network.

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