Difference between revisions of "Inhibitor"
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| − | A chemical that retards or prevents a chemical or physical change. Examples of an inhibitor include: [ | + | A chemical that retards or prevents a chemical or physical change. Examples of an inhibitor include: [[vapor phase corrosion inhibitor|vapor phase inhibitors]] to minimize corrosion; [[growth regulator|growth regulators]] to control insects; [[alkaline reserve|alkaline reserves]] to inhibit acid accumulation; and [[antioxidant|antioxidants]] to minimize oxidation. |
== Authority == | == Authority == | ||
Revision as of 14:00, 16 January 2014
Description
A chemical that retards or prevents a chemical or physical change. Examples of an inhibitor include: vapor phase inhibitors to minimize corrosion; growth regulators to control insects; alkaline reserves to inhibit acid accumulation; and antioxidants to minimize oxidation.
Authority
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- Hoechst Celanese Corporation, Dictionary of Fiber & Textile Technology (older version called Man-made Fiber and Textile Dictionary, 1965), Hoechst Celanese Corporation, Charlotte NC, 1990
- Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982
- Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000
- Website address 1 Comment: AMOL reCollections Glossary -http://amol.org.au/recollections/7/c/htm