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Stabilizer (chemistry)
Chemical used to prevent degradation / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In industrial chemistry, a stabilizer or stabiliser is a chemical that is used to prevent degradation.[1]
- Representative stabilizers
- Tris(2,4-di-tert-butylphenyl)phosphite is a widely used stabilizer in polymers.
- Partial structure of typical hindered amine light stabilizers, widely used to protect automotive paints from degradation by UV-light.
- Salpn is a typical metal deactivator used as a fuel additive to suppress oxidation processes that lead to gums and solids. Metal deactivators like salpn form stable complexes with the metals, suppressing their catalytic activity.[2]