Glossary of
Chemistry &
Environmental
Protection: terms & abbreviations
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c
= cyclic (e.g. cAMP)
/ CAA
= Clean Air Act (UK,
USA)
/ CAC
= command and
control (policy or approach to
environmental matters) / calamine
= carbon deposit / CAMP
= Continuous Air Monitoring Program (USA)
/ canalisation
see Abwasserleitung
/ capillary column
see
WCOT
/ captan
(pest.)
/ carbaryl
(pest.)
/ carbendazim
(fungicide)
= methyl
benzimidazole 2 yl carbamate (MBC, BMC) / carbofluorés
=
fluorocarbons / carbofuran
(pest.)
/ carbohalogénés
= halocarbons /
Carbomer K (DE)
=
carbomer 940 (trade name Synthalen® K) /
anhydride
carbonique;
gaz carbonique
= carbon dioxide; CO2
/ carbonyl acid
/ Carbopack B
(sampling apparatus)
/ carbonylzuurstof
= carbonyl oxygen / CAS =
Chemical
Abstracts Service (e.g. "CAS
number") / casier
d'exploitation étanche
=
landfill cell with impermeable liner (waste
management)
/ CCA
=
copper/chromium/arsenic (wood
preservative: syn. chromated copper
arsenate; chromium copper arsenate)
/ CCB
=
copper/chromium/boron (wood
preservative) / CCE
= carbon
chloroform extraction / CCRIS
= Chemical Carcinogenesis
Research Info System / CDE
= carbon dioxide equivalent / CDM
= clean development mechanism (Kyoto
Protocol, 1997) / CEC
= cation exchange capacity / CEFIC
= Conseil Européen des
Fédérations de l'Industrie Chimique;
Europäischer Chemieverband
=
European Chemical Industry Council (national
federations and big
companies; founded 1972; based Brussels)
/ CEGB
= Central
Electricity Generating Board (UK)
/ CERCLA
= Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation
and Liability Act (USA)
(1980,
introduced tax on chemical industry to build up a "Superfund")
/ CET
= corrected effective
temperature / CFC
=
chlorofluorocarbon (ozone-depleting
solvent, aerosol propellant,
refrigerant, foaming agent) / CFK
= 1. chloor
fluor
koolwaterstof see
CFC; 2. copper/chromium/fluorine
(wood
preservative) / CFM
= chlorofluoromethane / Chandler
score = an index of water
pollution
(John Chandler, UK scientist)
/ chaux
sodée
= soda lime / Chemieabfall
= chemical waste / Chemiemüll;
Chemikalienabfall = waste
chemicals / CHESS =
City Health
and Environment Surveillance System (USA)
/ chimiquement dangereux = a hazardous chemical (OSHA) / chinomethionat
(pest.)
/ chloorethyl
= ethyl
chloride / chloorimipramine
= imipramine hydrochloride / chloration
= chlorination (water
supply) / chlordécone
=
chlordecone (pest.)
/ chlordimeform
(pest.)
/ chlore
= chlorine (gas); Cl
/ chloré
chlorinated (containing Cl)
/ chlorering
= chlorination
/ Chlorethyl
see chloorethyl
/ chlorfenvinphos
(pest.)
/ chlorhydrate
= hydrochlorate / acide chlorhydrique
=
hydrochloric acid; HCl / chloridazon
(pest.)
/ chlorique
= chlorinated (pertaining to
Cl) / chlormequat
(pest.)
/ Chlornaphthaline
= chloronaphthalenes / chloroacetylchlorides
/ chlorothalonil
(pest.)
/ chlorotoluron
/ 5
chlorouracil (potentially
hazardous substance formed during
chlorination of natural waters)
/ Chlorparaffine
=
chlorinated paraffins; chloroparaffins / chlorpyrifos
(pest.)
/ chlorure
= chloride /
CHP
= combined heat and power (energy)
/ chrome
=
chromium; Cr / Chromosorb
102 / CIA
= Chemical Industries Association (UK)
/ CIS
= copper iridium diselenide; CuInSE2 (thin
film coating for
photovoltaic cells, solar energy)
/ CIST
= Commission
Internationale de la Santé au Travail,
see
ICOH
/ CITES
=
Convention on International Trade
in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (the
"Washington
Convention", 1975) / Citronenstein see
Zitronenstein
/ CIV
= cultivation in
vitro
=
in vitro
culture / temps de claquage
= saturation time (filter)
/ Clavulansäure
= clavulanic acid
/ espèce clé
= keystone
species (plant science)
/
CLO = concentration limite
en oxygène, see
LOC
/ CLRTAP
= Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
(1979)
/ CMC
= carboxymethylcellulose (detergents)
/ CMR
= carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic to
reproduction; cancérogène,
mutagène,
reprotoxique; carcinogeen, mutageen, reprotoxisch; cancerogen, mutagen,
reprotoxisch (EU
classification: NB
Directive
67/548/EEC uses the wording "cancérogène,
mutagène ou
toxique pour
la reproduction"; "kankerverwekkend, mutageen of vergiftig voor de
voortplanting"; "krebserzeugend, erbgutverändernd oder
fortpflanzungsgefährdend")
/ CNC
= condensation nuclei counting / CNG
= compressed
natural gas / CNL
= corrected noise level (UK)
/ CNPE = centre
nucléaire de production
d’électricité
=
nuclear power plant /
CNT
see
nanotubes
/ COD
= chemical
oxygen demand
/
coefficient d'emmagasinement
= storage coefficient (of
soil) (hydrol.)
/ Colcemid
(trade name)
/ coloration
=
stain / comburant
(adj.)
= oxidizing / Commission on
Pesticides and their
Relationship to Environmental Health (USA)
/ comprimé
= tablet (pharm.)
/ conditionnement
= presentation; packaging (pharm.)
/ congélateur
= ice chest (lab.)
/ contraintes
en eau
= water stress (envir.)
/ contrôle blanc
=
control blank / COP
= conformity of production
(certificate) (EU)
(NOx
emissions, lorries) / CoPa
=
Control of Pollution Act (UK,
1974)
/ cortisol
= cortisol (natural chemical);
hydrocortisone (pharm.)
/ COSH
(Regulations) = Control
of Substances Hazardous to Health (UK)
/ CPE
= chlorinated polyethylene / CPG
= chromatographie
par gaz = gas chromatography
(GC) / CR
= chlorinated rubber
/ CRA
= chemical risk assessment / crédit
de
toxicité =
toxicity margin / CRM
= certified
reference materials (quality
assurance) / CRT
=
continuous regeneration trap (diesel
emissions) (source:
BBC)
/
crue
= flood (rise in gauge height)
(hydrol.) / CSB
= chemischer Sauerstoffbedarf
see COD
/ CSD
= Commission on Sustainable Development (UN)
/
CTAB
= cetyle trimethyl ammonium bromide / CTB
= College voor Toelating
van bestrijdingsmiddelen (NL)
= (suggest)
Pesticides
Licensing Authority / culot
= pellet; residue; sediment (centrifuge)
/ cupro-aluminium
= copper aluminium / cuves
= tanks
and troughs, jar (lab.)
/ CV
= calorific value / CVD
= chemical vapour deposition / CW
= cloud water (climate
modelling) / CWRP
= cloud water radiative properties (climate
modelling) / cyaankali;
Cyankali = potassium cyanide,
KCN /
cyanure
= cyanide / cyhexatin
(pest.)
Created
by Alison Gaunt
Last updated: 22 March 2018
