1) Why do you need to speed up what is only a two to four hour process?
2)salt does not break down (NaCl stays NaCl) nor is it a catalyst, it just becomes another impurity mucking up a nice carbon layer.
Some of these replies/explanations make me laugh- well intentioned but very funny.
1)salt will not open the pores of steeel or iron. Metal does not have PORES. Metal has surface microfractures. Salt will not open...
