Anti-catalysis
Among anti catalysis inhibition (will inhibition ) understood a chemical reaction.
The term is rarely used in chemistry, but is used in fire fighting . The radicals formed from the fuel during combustion are rendered ineffective through reaction with extinguishing agent radicals (homogeneous inhibition) or contact with powder particles (heterogeneous inhibition).
An anti-catalyst takes part in the reaction and is consumed in the process. The term anti-catalyst cannot therefore be understood analogously to the term catalyst. A real catalyst accelerates a reaction without being changed; a real anti-catalyst would be a substance that slows down a reaction without being changed. In the case of heterogeneous anti-catalysis, the anti-catalyst can be largely retained if the reaction is inhibited only on the surface of the extinguishing powder.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extinguishing media in fire fighting . Springer-Verlag, 2016, ISBN 978-3-658-12971-2 , pp. 25 ( books.google.de ).
- ↑ Rompp Lexikon Chemie, 10th edition, 1996-1999: Band 3: H - L . Georg Thieme Verlag, 2014, ISBN 978-3-13-200011-7 ( books.google.de ).