Chemicals which are added to rubbers to accelerate the rate of vulcanisation. Rubber without accelerators takes twenty or thirty times longer to cure.

Substances employed to speed up the cure of adhesives, sealants, potting/encapsulation compounds and impregnants; See also ‘catalyst’.

Accelerators are used to increase the rate of the vulcanisation process in latex manufacture.

Admixtures that decrease the setting time by increasing the rate of hydration.

Material additives used to accelerate, or reduce, the setting time of concrete causing it to harden faster.

Materials used to speed up the setting of mortar.

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