Re: aluminum oxide

On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:33:50 -0500, "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh"
<lloydspinsidemindspring.com> wrote:

>LadyKate <ladykate@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>Kate, catalysts speed or facilitate reactions.  They do not slow them.
>You added an inert refractory substance, already "burned" as far as it 
>will ever be, in order to moderate the burn rate of another substance.
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>It's a "burn rate modifier", or a "plegmatizer", not a catalyst

I think 'Inhibator' is a good word for the opposite of catalysts..
Rust inhibitor in the engine coolant for example.

Casady