What is an Accelerant?
“Accelerants play a major role in Chemistry. Every compound, chemical change, reaction..so on, can be, and in most cases is, modified with an accelerant. The word it self has the same meaning in any subject, to accelerate. In chemistry, you can use accelerators to alter a chemical or chemical bond, speed up a chemical prosses, bring organisms back to homeostasis, its endless what you can do with the right chemical accelerator. A accelerator isnt excactly a set thing, it can be anything, a substance that can bond, mix, or disturb another substance and cause a increase in the speed of its natural, or unatural chemical prossess.” “Fire investigation: Indicators of an incendiary fire or arson can lead fire investigators to look for the presence of accelerants in fire debris. Accelerants can leave behind evidence of their presence and use. Accelerants present in areas they should not be can indicate an incendiary fire or arson. Investigators often use special dogs known as accelerant detect
An accelerant is any substance which speeds a process, but most people use the term specifically to refer to substances which contribute to the spread of fires. Fire accelerants include things like hydrocarbons, paper, plastics, and other materials which can cause a fire to spread more quickly or burn more fiercely than it would otherwise. In arson investigation, the detection of accelerants is especially important, as the presence of such a substance will need to be proved in order to classify the fire as an arson. When an accelerant is present at a fire site, it contributes significantly to the speed at which the fire moves and how hot the fire burns. Without an accelerant, most fires burn at relatively cool temperatures; while these temperatures are high enough to cause severe damage and kill any living organisms caught in the fire, they are typically not hot enough to do things like melt hard metals. In the presence of an accelerant, however, a fire has what is known as a higher he
