AACC
=
American Association of
Clinical Chemists /
AAS
=
1. atomic absorption spectrometry; 2. atomic absorption
spectrophotometry /
Abbau
= depletion (
ozone layer)
/
biologisch
abbaubar
= biodegradable /
Abfallabscheidung =
segregation of wastes /
abfallarm = low-waste /
Abfallbeseitigungsanlage
= waste disposal facility / über den gesamten
Abfallkreislauf
=
"cradle-to-grave" /
Abgabe
= release, leaching (
of
chemical
from materials) /
Abgas
= waste gas; exhaust gas (
general);
flue gas; fume (
industrial
processes); exhaust; emissions (
motor
vehicles) /
Abklingquote
= decay rate
(pharm.)
/
Abkömmling
= derivative /
ABS =
acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene /
Abwasser
= wastewater; effluent (
general
and industrial); sewage (
from
mains drainage system) /
Abwasserleitung
= sewer (
if part of a utility's
network); drain (
if
on land
attached to private house) /
ACGIH = American Conference of
Governmental Industrial Hygienists /
ACV = analyse de cycle de vie see
LCA
/
technologies d'
adaptation et
d'atténuation (
usually
needs a
bit of paraphrasing) =
technologies that help countries adapt to and
mitigate (the effects of climate change) /
ADC
= Actieprogramme
Afvalscheiding Droge Componenten (NL)
(
1992)
= (
suggest)
Sorting of Dry Components in Waste Action Programme
/
ADEME =
Agence de l’Environnement et de la
Maîtrise de l’Energie
= Environment
and Energy Management Agency
(FR)
/
additiver
Umweltschutz = end-of-pipe
technology (=
older type of
pollution control, treats waste as an
"add-on" at the end of a process, before discharge into the
environment. Modern preference is for "cleaner production", i.e.
environmental safeguards are integral
to the process) /
Advisory
Committee on
Pesticides (UK)
/
ADZ
aggregated dead zone (
e.g.
river sampling) /
AED
= atomic emission detection /
AES
= atomic emission
spectroscopy /
affouillement
= scour (
geol./hydrol.)
/
AFID
= alkali flame ionisation detector /
Afsset
= Agence française de sécurité
sanitaire de l'environnement et du
travail = French
Agency for Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (
website)
/
agarose
/
AGS
= Ausschuß für Gefahrstoffe
(D)
= Dangerous Substances Committee /
AH
= aromatic hydrocarbon /
Aktivchlor
= active chlorine /
ALARA =
as high
as reasonably achievable (
syn.
ALARP) /
ALARP
= as low
as
reasonably practicable (
syn.
ALARA) /
Alaun
= alum; aluminium potassium sulphate
/
aldicarb (
pest.)
/
Altbatterien
= spent
batteries /
Altchemikalien
= obsolete chemicals (
unused,
stockpiled e.g., not wastes) /
Altglas
= recyclable glass;
recoverable glass (
deposited in
"bottle banks") /
Altlasten
=
inherited pollution problems; legacy hazards; "cost of the past"
(EU)
(
in very general sense);
derelict sites; abandoned sites (
industrial,
military);
contaminated sites (
industrial);
old landfill sites (
municipal
waste); contaminated
environments (
nuclear)
/
Altlastensanierung
= clean-up;
(decontamination and) remediation; remedial action; reclamation; (soil)
restoration; (land or site) rehabilitation /
Altmedikamente
=
out-of-date medicines; time-expired medicines; medicines past their
sell-by date /
Altmetall
= scrap metal; scrap /
Altöl
=
waste oil; residual oil; (
motor
vehicles) sump oil /
Altpapier
= recoverable paper; salvage paper /
Altpestizid
= obsolete
pesticide /
Altreifen
= old tyres /
Altsäure
= spent
acid /
Altstoff
= recycled raw material; secondary raw material;
(EU)
existing
commercial substance / floqué à l'
amiante
=
containing sprayed asbestos (
building e.g.) /
Ameisensäure =
formic acid /
ammoniac
= ammonia
(gas)
/
Ammoniak;
ammoniaque =
ammonia
solution; "ammonia water"; "volatile
alkali"; household ammonia (gas dissolved in water - a weak base) /
amphetamines
=
recreational drugs, mostly
(in UK) Class B,
also known as: amp; billy whizz; poor man's coke; speed; uppers /
AMSA
= acide mercaptosuccinique,
see
DMSA
/
anilazine
(
pest.)
/
Anlaßproben
= reactive sampling; reactive
inspection /
Anon
= anone (cyclohexanone, C
6H
100,
a solvent) /
Anreicherungskultur
= (
liquid)
enrichment
culture (
microbiol.)
/
Ansatz
= conduct (
of test)
/
ansetzen
= conduct, perform /
antibiotique
à large
spectre d'action =
broad-spectrum antibiotic /
anti-déflagrant
= flame-proof /
AOAC
= Association of Official Analytical
Chemists
(USA)
/
AOD
=
argon-oxygen decarburisation /
AOX
= adsorbable organic halogen
compounds (or halides) (
=
measure of amount of chlorine bound to
organic substances in e.g. bleaching of paper or textiles)
/
organic halogens subject to absorption /
APDC
= ammonium
pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate /
Arbeitsanweisung
= standard
operating procedure
(ITI)
/
Arocolor
1254 = a PCB /
arseenwaterstof
= arsine (
AsH3,
preferred to "arsenic hydride")
/
Artenvielfalt
= biodiversity /
Arzneispezialität
=
patent medicine; proprietary medicine /
Asparaginsäure
=
aspartic acid /
ATEX
= explosive atmospheres (
EU
jargon) /
atténuer
= mitigate (
effects of climate
change) /
atrazine
(
pest.)
/
Ätzkali
= caustic potash; potassium
hydroxide (KOH) /
Aufschluß =
digestion (
chem.)
(ITI)
/
Aufschwemmung
= suspension /
Ausgleichskonzentration
des Formaldehyds =
"offgas" formaldehyde (
emitted
from furniture e.g.; verb "to offgas")
/
Ausplattierung
= plating out (
microbiol.)
/
auswaschen
= scavenge; wash out (
aerosols)
/
auvent costal
=
coastal margin (
water management)
/
avance aux frais de traitement
= advance disposal fee (
waste
processing) /
AVI =
afvalverbrandingsinstallatie =
waste incinerator; waste
incineration plant /
AVR =
Afvalverwerkingsbedrijf Rijnmond
(NL)
= (
suggest)
Rijnmond
Waste Processing Facility /
azide
de sodium = sodium azide /
azijnzuur
= acetic acid /
azoïque
= azoic (
compound)
/ colorants
azoïques
= azo dyes / oxyde
azotique
= nitric oxide /
azoture de sodium
see azide
de sodium
