Current applications of lead II) nitrate include use as a heat stabiliser in nylon and polyesters, as a coating for photothermographic paper, and in rodenticides.
But he sounded a sceptical note over whether the Government could bring in a fuel stabiliser to even out the effect of changes in the price of petrol.
But as Pedro Malan, the finance minister and stabiliser-in-chief noted this week, the "developmentalists" are missing the point.
Carraguard is the proprietary name of a substance made from carrageenan, a carbohydrate gel derived from seaweeds that is widely used as a stabiliser in the food industry.
BVO has been used as a stabiliser in fruit-flavoured drinks as it helps to prevent ingredients from separating.
Lithium carbonate is used as a mood stabiliser in psychiatry to treat bipolar disorder (manic-depression) in daily doses of about 0.5 to 2 grams, although there are side-effects.
The secretary of Ukraine's national security council, Andriy Parubiy, said financial support would be an important stabiliser in Ukraine as it seeks to counter efforts by Russia to undermine presidential elections scheduled for May.
"In opposition, the Conservative Party promised to put a fuel duty stabiliser in place - something the FSB has been calling for - but they have failed to deliver," he said.
Patients with increased femoral anteversion who undergo psoas tenotomy are known to have worse results post-operatively, and it is thought that the psoas tendon is a dynamic anterior stabiliser in these patients.
I remember my first bike – a little blue Raleigh with stabilisers, hidden in a cupboard.
