hardware: A card with a second, more powerful processor which you can insert into a Mac and make the computer operate faster. Some simply speed up the Mac's existing processor; others have their own CPU and even their own RAM and card slots.
To hasten action. Also used to describe an auxiliary valve to hasten fluid action.
A highly active oxidizing agent suspended in a liquid carrier used in conjunction with a catalyst to produce internal heat in a liquid plastic to cure it. Examples are diethylaniline, cobalt naphthanate and cobalt octoate.
An admixture which, when added to concrete, increases the rate of hydration of the cement, shortens the time of set and increases the rate of hardening and strength development. This allows you to strip forms or use a floor sooner
An additive to polyester resin that reacts with catalyst to speed up polymerization. This additive is required in room temperature cured resins. See PROMOTER.
A chemical additive that hastens a chemical reaction.
A material which, when mixed with a catalyzed resin, will speedup the chemical reaction between the catalyst and resin; either in polymerizing of resins or vulcanization of rubbers. Also known as 'promoter'. Examples are diethylaniline, cobalt naphthana and cobalt octoate.
A chemical additive which hastens a chemical reaction under specific conditions. Another term is promoter.
Accelerators speed up chemical curing reactions. They are used with vinyl treatments and etch wash primers. See also Catalyst.
Material used in conjunction with a catalyst to produce and hasten the internal heat reaction in the liquid resin for cure.
Device used to speed up and collide atoms. Also called an "atom smasher."
A chemical used to increase the speed of a chemical reaction in the production of rubber or plastics.
(chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected
an alkaline compound that activates and accelerates the developing action
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A chemical additive which speeds up the rate of a chemical reaction and thereby reduces the gel time and cure time. Another term is promoter.
Any substance used in small proportion which increases the speed of a chemical reaction or hastens curing or cross linking of a resin system.
a video adapter based on a graphics processor designed to speed up video performance. This improvement is accomplished by relieving graphics processing from the system CPU.
Material that accelerates the curing or crosslinking, a mixture of crosslinkers or resins. Catalyst.
A substance that hastens a reaction. For example, sulfur-containing compounds that speed up the vulcanization of rubber. Alo known as promoter. Often used to denote a substance that hastens the action of an initiator or catalyst.
A chemical additive or modifier used to hasten the drying of some inks.
admixture used to shorten concrete set time and/or earlier strengths.
A chemical agent that speeds up a chemical reaction.
A substance that when added to a paint will speed up the rate of cure.
Compounding material used in small amounts with vulcanizing agent to increase the speed of vulcanization and enhance physical properties of the vulcanizate.
a material used to accelerate the setting of a variety of plaster and render mixes. Examples are ëalumí for plaster, ëcalcium chlorideí for ordinary Portland cement and sand mixes.
is a special circuit board that usually plugs into an expansion slot to make a computer work faster. An example is a graphics accelerator that will speed up the time it takes to display images on the monitor
Additive to paint to speed the cure of a coating.
A substance that hastens a reaction or the solidification of an adhesive caused by a catalyst.
a hardware device such as a card, that makes an operation, run faster. Without the device, the computer’s microprocessor would be the sole operator of the function.
(extended definition) Compounding material used in small amounts with a vulcanizing agent to increase the speed of vulcanization, of a chemical reaction. Accelerators are often used in the coating industry to hasten the curing of a coating system. Syn. Catalyst
An organic compound which is added to an epoxy resin to shorten the cure time.
A substance used in small proportions to increase the speed of a chemical reaction. Accelerators are used in paint to hasten the curing of a coating system.
A substance which speeds up a chemical change, often used to promote drying or curing.
A material which, when mixed with a catalyzed resin, will speed up the chemical reaction between the catalyst and the resin. Also known as "promoter."
specialized hardware to increase speed of graphics manipulation.
A substance that quickens the pace of vulcanization and lowers the operating temperature required during the process.
chemical added to a developing solution to speed up the slow working action of the reducing agents in the solution.
Any material added to stucco, plaster or mortar which speeds up the natural set.
A substance that makes vulcanization of rubber occur more quickly or at a lower temperature. A substance that makes crosslinking in a polymer occur more quickly or at a lower temperature, e. g., accelerators are added to Super Glue to make it set up quickly.
various chemicals that take part in the crosslinking reaction for an elastomeric polymer, which have more effect in increasing the rate of reaction than on the final level of crosslinks (some of these are called ultra-accelerators)
An admixture which, when added to concrete, mortar, or grout, increases the rate of hydration of the hydraulic cement, shortens the time of set and increases the rate of hardening or strength development
Chemical additive that hastens cure or chemical reaction.
Any chemical additive which is mixed with plasters or plastic resins to quicken the cure or setting of the material.
A substance which, when added to concrete, mortar, or grout, increases the rate of hydration of the hydraulic cement, shortens the time of setting, or increases the rate of hardening of strength development, or
In masonry, any ingredient added to mortar to speed drying and solidifying. (Compare retarding agent.)
A chemical compound that speeds up the vulcanization of natural or synthetic rubbers.
(also see Catalyst): Usually part B of an adhesive formula, it causes and/or speeds the resin’s curing process.
A chemical used as a catalyst to accelerate the process of turning liquid latex into gel form.
a chemical additive that reduces the setting time of cement. See cement and cementing materials.
accelerates cure of a resin
The curing agent used in multi part-curing type Sealants
An ingredient added to a resin-hardening mixture to speed up the reaction. Also see Curing Agent.
A device which enhances the processing speed of a hardware component, usually by taking over some of the tasks originally assigned to that component. For example, a video accelerator card will take over some of the graphic functions originally assigned to the CPU. By dedicating its processing ability to the graphics, it can perform the functions more efficiently and lessen the load on the Central Processing Unit.
is a device or software designed to speed up operations, such as refreshing a screen image. Many PC SVGA graphics boards come furnished with accelerator chips. There are also auxiliary boards (commonly called pass-through boards) that will boost the speed of regular VGA boards.
An admixture used to shorten the set time of concrete and/or speed strength development. Accelerators are also used to the speed the chemical reaction and shorten the curing time of resin-based coatings.
A chemical that is used in rubber compounds.
A substance that hastens a reaction usually acting as a catalyst; as used in sand additive resins.
A substance that speeds up a chemical change. An accelerator is added to oil paints to speed drying (also called a "drier"), (1)
A substance used to decrease the time or temperature required to vulcanize elastomer.
An additive that quickens the time for gypsum plasters or setting-type joint compounds to set.
Chemical added to increase curing rate.
A liquid or powder admixture added to a cementitious paste to speed hydration and promote early strength development. An example of an accelerator material is calcium nitrite.
Substance that shortens the setting times of concrete and mortar. Accelerators, or accelerants, are added in cold weather when there is a danger of the concrete or mortar freezing before it can cure properly. Accelerators are considered admixtures. Chemical substance added to a mixture to speed up a reaction.