Some articles on agent, tempering agent:
... with sodium hydroxide added as a saponifying agent ... Problems arose, however, since there was no tempering agent and hot weather caused these records to decompose ... The next cause of the problem is that all stearic acid without a tempering agent takes on moisture, and after many experiments it was found that Ceresine was ideal ...
Famous quotes containing the words agent and/or tempering:
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