Glossary of
Chemistry &
Environmental
Protection: terms & abbreviations
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D
= dextrorotatory / dacamox (pest.)
/ DAF
= dissolved air flotation (water
treatment) / dalapon
(pest.)
/ DBCP
= dibromochloropropane (pest.)
/ DBP
=
di-butyl phthalate / DCAP
= 3,5 dichloro 4 aminophenol / DCB
= dichlorobenzene / DCNA
= 2,6 dichloro 4 nitroaniline / DCO
= demande chimique d’oxygène
see
COD
/ DCP
= dichlorophenol / DCPD
= 2,6 dichloro p phenylenediamine / délitation
= disintegration (filter)
/ DDD
= 1. déchets dangereux diffus = universal
hazardous
waste (chiefly US); dispersed hazardous waste; 2.
p,p 1,1 dichloro2,2
bis (p chlorophenyl) ethane / DDE
=
dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (metabolite
of DDT) / DDT
= dichloor-diphenyl-trichloorethaan;
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (insecticide)
/ DDVP
=
2,2-dichlorovinyl dimethyl phosphate; Dichlorvos (pesticide)
/
débit du cours d'eau
= streamflow (hydrol.)
/ décharge
= landfill site (waste)
/ DEDTP
= diethyl phosphorodithioate / deltamethrin
(pest.)
/ Delves
cup technique (pollution
monitoring) / demeton
(pest.)
/ dépollution
biologique = bioremediation / Deponiegase
= landfill
gases
/ Deposit
of Poisonous Waste Act 1972 (UK)
/ DES
= diethylstilboestrol / DETP
= diethyl
phosphorothionate / desséchage
à vide
= vacuum
dehydration; vacuum drying (lyophilization)
/ pertes à la désiccation
= losses on drying out (analyt.
chem.)
/ Desorptionskennziffer
= desorption index (gas)
/ devenir
= fate: "..
metabolic fates of herbicides in animals"
/ DFP
diisopropyl
fluorophosphate; dyflos (insectide)
/ DGAnaT = dénombrement des germes
anaérobies
totaux = (total) anaerobic microbial count (usually
seen without the "total") / DGAT
= dénombrement des germes aérobies totaux,
see TAMC
/ DHW see
DDD / diazinon
(pest.)
/ Dichlorbenzol
= dichlorobenzene / dichloropropene (pest.)
/ dichlorprop
(pest.)
/ dichlorvos
(pest.)
/ dicloran
(pest.)
/ diflubenzuron (pest.)
/ DIFTAR
= gedifferentieerd tarief
(NL)
= (suggest)
scaled tariff (for
household waste) / gisement diffus =
dipersed hazardous waste
pile, cf. DDD
/ diholoside
= disaccharide / dilution
de
raison 2 = twofold dilution / dimethoate
(pest.)
/ dinatrium cromoglicium
= disodium
cromoglycate, trade name IntalR
/ dinoseb
(pest.)
/ dioxin =
tetrachloro-dibenzo-p-dioxin; TCDD / DIP
=
dissolved organic phosphorus /
DIS = Detailhandel Inzamel Systeem
(NL)
= (suggest)
(system
for) collection via the retail trade (waste)
/ Dispergens
= dispersion
medium / Dispersum
= disperse
phase / Distickstoffoxid
= dinitrogen oxide; dinitrogen monoxide; nitrous oxide; "laughing gas";
dental gas (N20)
/ disulfoton
(pest.)
/ DIT
= diiodotyrosine / docofol
(pest.)
/ DMA
=
differential mobility analysis; differentielle
Mobilitätsanalyse
(aerosols: separates
electrically charged particles
based on their
electric mobility. Measures particles from a few nanometers to 1
micrometer diameter) / DMAB
= dimethylaminobenzaldehyde / DMBA
= dimethyl benzanthracene / DMDTP
= dimethyl phosphorodithioate / DMLT =
dénombrement des moisissures et levures totales, see
TYMC
/ DME =
1. Dieselmotoremissionen
= diesel exhaust
emissions (general);
diesel particulate matter (DPM) (specific,
as opposed to gaseous emissions);
2. dimthylether / DMLT =
dénombrement des moisissures et levures totales, see
TYMC
/ DMN
=
dimethylnitrosamine / DMP = dimethyl phosphate / DMPO
=
5-5'-dimethyl-1-pyrroline-N-oxide / DMSA
= dimercaptosuccinic acid
(chelating agent used in
detoxifying treatments, binds to heavy metals;
'DMSA scans' are used in e.g.
urology) / DMPS
=
dimercaptopropanesulphate; sodium 2,3-dimercapto-1-propanesulphate;
2,3-dimercapto-1-propanesulphonic acid (chelating
agent, binds to heavy
metals)
/ DMSO
= dimethylsulphoxide /
DMTP =
dimethyl phosphorodithionate / DNOC
(pest.)
/ dodemorph
(pest.)
/ DO
= dissolved oxygen / DOA
= 1. Department of the
Environment (UK);
2. Deelprogramma Organisatie
Afvalscheiding (NL)
= (suggest)
Subprogramme for the Organisation of Waste Sorting;
3. dioctyladipate (plasticiser
used in food wrap films) / DOP
= 1. di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate;
2. dioctylphthalate (plasticiser);
3. dissolved organic phosphorus / DOP
test: one
particle
gets through a class EU 14 HEPA filter for every 100 000 particles
entering it / Doppelbeschleunigungsmesser
= double
accelerometer / DPASV
= differential pulse anodic stripping
voltametry / DPD
= diethyl paraphenylene diamine / DPM
see
DME 1. / DPSIR
= driving
force, pressure,
state,
impact,
response
(D)
(environment)
/ DPTA-OH
= 1,3-diamino-2-hydroxypropane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid / DSD
= Duales System Deutschland (1990;
sorting of packaging waste; manufacturers belonging to the scheme can
display the "Green Dot" on their products)
/ DSMA
=
disodium methanearsonate / DU
= Dobson unit (measure of
ozone levels) / dust
cake (on
a filter) / Durchtritt
= (particle)
penetration (amount of
particulate passing through a filter in g/h)
/ dwf
dry weather flow (average daily
sewage flow to
treatment plant over 7 consecutive, rain-free days)
/ DWL
=
derived working limit (radioisotopes)
Created
by Alison Gaunt
Last updated: 14 May 2019
