Glossary of
Chemistry &
Environmental
Protection: terms & abbreviations
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GAC
=
granular activated carbon / GAEIB
= Group of
Advisers on the Ethical Implications of Biotechnology (EU;
set up 1992)
/ Galecron
(pest.,
trade name, a formamidine)
/ GARP
=
Global Atmospheric Research Programme (UN)
/ Gaspendelverfahren
= vapour recovery process (reduces
air pollution from
petrol/gasoline vapour on garage forecourts
/ GAVI =
geïntegreerde afvalverwerkingsinstallatie
= (suggest)
integrated waste processing facility / gazeux/gazeuse:
chromatographie en phase gazeuse
= gas chromatography; réaction
gazeuse
= gas-phase reaction / GBSL =
Gemeinsamer Stoffdatenpool
Bund/Länder (D),
suggest
Joint Chemical Substances Data Pool
of Federal Government and the Länder
/ GC
= gas chromatography /
GCC =
Global Climate Coalition (USA;
grouping of large companies and
multinationals) / GCEB
=
Groupe de conseillers pour l'éthique de la biotechnologie
see
GAEIB / GC-ECD
= gas chromatography with electron capture
detection / GCM =
general circulation model (climate
modelling) / GCOS
= Global Climate observing System / GEF
= Global Environment Facility (1991,
jointly administered by UNDP/UNEP/World Bank, funds environmental
projects) / gélatine
= gelatin; gelatine
/ Gelbkreuz =
mustard gas; dichlorodiethyl disulphide (poison
gas) / gélose
Top en surfusion = molten soft
agar; Top agar / gélule
=
gelatin capsule / gemeinsame
Umsetzung = joint implementation
(climate
change) / GEMS
= Global Environmental Monitoring System (UN;
part of Earthwatch)
/ GEOSECS
= Geochemical Ocean Sections
Study (1970s)
/
Geruchsbeurteilung = olfactometric assessment / geruchsintesiv
= pungent / Geruchsstoff
= odorant / gespannt (of groundwater)
= under tension; in (a state of)
tension /
gestion durable des
matières see
SMM
/ GET
=
Global
Environmental Trust Fund / Gewinnung
= harvesting (cultured
cells) / GFAAS
= graphite furnace atomic absorption
spectrometry (syn.
electrothermal atomisation AAS)
/ GHS = Globally Harmonized System of
Classification and Labelling of
Chemicals (UN)
/ GIBA =
gescheiden inzamelen van bedrijfsafval
= (suggest)
separate
collection of industrial waste /
GIEC = Groupe d'Experts
Intergouvernmentaux sur l'Évolution
du Climat see
IPCC
/ GIHA
= gescheiden inzamelen van
huishoudelijk afval = (suggest)
separate collection of
household waste / GISP
= Greenland Ice Sheet Project (USA)
/ GLC
= gas-liquid
chromatography / GLOBE =
Global
Legislators' Organisation for a
Balanced Environment (1989;
Europe, US & Japan) / Glocke
= "bubble" (local or regional
focus, emissions trading) / GLP
= good laboratory practice / glycerol
= glycerol (natural
chemical); glycerin (commercial
preparation) /
glyphosate (pest.)
/ godet
= bowl, basket (centrifuge)
/ GOOS = Global
Ocean Observing System (UNESCO)
/ Gramoxone
(trade name = paraquat)
/ GRIP
=
Greenland Ice Core Project (European
initiative) / Grundwasseraustritt =
outcropping of
the (local) water table / Grünbrücke
see Wildquerung
/ "Grüner
Punkt" see
DSD
/ GS
= Global
Shift (scenario) / GSC
= gas-solid chromatography / GtCO2e = gigatonnes of CO2 equivalent / GVB
=
Gemeenschappelijk Vuilverwerkingsbedrijf Midden-Holland en Rijnstreek
(NL)
= (suggest)
Joint Waste
Processing Facility for Central Holland and the Rhine Area / GVP
=
Gesundheitsverträglichkeitsprüfung
see HIA
/ GWP
= global warming potential
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by Alison Gaunt
Last updated: 1 March 2022
