precipitant
Triggers a reaction
Precipitant describes something that causes an event to happen suddenly or prematurely: The assassination was the precipitant cause of the war.
It can also mean acting with excessive haste, though precipitate is more common in this sense.
As a noun in chemistry, a precipitant is a substance that causes another to separate from a solution as a solid.
Substance prompting chemical change
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
- crystallizationForming ordered solid structure
- supersaturationExceeding dissolution equilibrium limits
- solubilityDissolving potential in liquid
insoluble · coagulation · flocculation · nucleation · filtration · titration · solute · concentration
What initiates action
- initiatorOne who starts something
- sparkTiny fiery particle
- instigatorOne who provokes action
- activatorAgent that initiates
stimulus · agent · cause · inducer · provocation · impetus · spur · prompt
Heedless or skin irritation
- impulsiveActing without deliberation
- recklessCarelessly ignoring danger
- headlongHastily and recklessly
- suddenOccurring without prior notice
abrupt · hurried · impetuous · foolhardy · heedless · incautious · unpremeditated · spur-of-the-moment
reagent
Substance prompting chemical change
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
- crystallizationForming ordered solid structure
- supersaturationExceeding dissolution equilibrium limits
solubility · insoluble · coagulation · flocculation · nucleation · filtration · titration · solute · concentration · compound
trigger
What initiates action
- initiatorOne who starts something
- sparkTiny fiery particle
- instigatorOne who provokes action
activator · stimulus · agent · cause · inducer · provocation · impetus · spur · prompt · instigation
rash
Heedless or skin irritation
- impulsiveActing without deliberation
- recklessCarelessly ignoring danger
- headlongHastily and recklessly
sudden · abrupt · hurried · impetuous · foolhardy · heedless · incautious · unpremeditated · spur-of-the-moment · overhasty
- Lab Chemicalssodium hydroxide, acetic acid, hydrogen peroxide, potassium chloride, sodium chloride
- crystallographycrystal structure, crystal systems, crystal growth, dislocations, crystallization
- lab reagentsreagent, buffer, buffers, formalin, pyridine
- mining chemicalscollectors, frothers, depressants, activators, frother
- counteragentsantidote, antitoxin, antivenom, antiserum, counteractant
- neutralizersantacid, antidote, buffer, base, alkali
precipitantdeliberate
Consciously chosen, not accidental
cautious · unhurried · measured · careful · circumspect
- winter precipitationFrozen water from clouds
- frozen precipitationIce falling from sky
- mixed precipitationMultiple falling water forms
- precipitation mapVisual of falling moisture
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