Glossary of
Chemistry &
Environmental
Protection: terms & abbreviations
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IA
= industrieel afval
= industrial waste / IAC
=
immunoaffinity column / IAES
= International Academy of
Environmental Safety / IBCT
= International Bureau for Chlorine
Technology / ICA =
immunoaffinity column assay / ICCA
= International Council of Chemical Associations; Weltchemieverband
/ ICLEI
= International Council for Local Environmental
Initiatives (UN-associated,
1990)
/ ICOH
= International Commission on
Occupational Health (NGO, based
Rome) / ICP
= inductively coupled plasma / ICPE
=
installation classée pour la protection
de l’environnement =
installation
classified on environmental protection grounds (incinerator
e.g.)
(FR)
/ ICPMS
= inductively
coupled plasma mass spectrometry / ICRCL
=
Interdepartmental Committee for the Redevelopment of Contaminated Land (UK)
/ Identitätsnachweis
=
confirmation of identity (analyt.
chem.) / IDPN =
ß,ß-imino diproprionitrile / IFCC
= International Federation of Clinical Chemists /
IGU Internationale
Gesellschaft für Umweltschutz
see ISEP
/ IIED
=
International Institute for Environment and Development (based
London)
/ IISD
= International Institute for Sustainable Development / IMET
= Instituut voor Milieu- en Energietechnologie
(NL,
part of TNO)
= (suggest)
Institute for Environmental and Energy Technology / Immission
(D)
= ambient level (i.e. away from
point of emission; contrast Emission = level at immediate point of
release) / Immissionsgrenzwert
= ambient limit value / IMPEL
Network: European Network for
the Implementation and Enforcement of
Environmental Law (EU;
unofficial
grouping, first meeting Chester, UK, in 1991)
/ "imposex":
(defined)
hormonal changes caused by
exposure to chemicals
(e.g. masculinisation of female sea snails due to tributyltin)
/ INAA
=
instrumental neutron activation analysis / INB
=
installation nucléaire de base
= basic
nuclear installation (FR)
/
INCI = International Nomenclature of Cosmetic
Ingredients / incident
combustible = fuel
incident (nuclear)
/ substance inflammable
= flammable substance, see brennbarer Stoff
/ inflammation
= ignition (explosive
atmospheres) / ingewogen
=
calibrated / INH =
isonicotinezuurhydrazide;
isonicotinic acid hydrazide / INS
= International Numbering System
for Food Additives /
concentré
en insaponifiables
= high in
unsaponifiable matter; high-unsap (food,
cosmetics)
/
insufflation
d'air = forced
aeration (soil remediation)
/ inweeg
= calibration / IOC
= Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO)
/ ioxynil
(pest.)
/ IOPP Certificate
=
International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate (shipping)
/ IPC
= integrated pollution control / IPCC
= Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change (1988; based
Geneva, jointly run by WMO/UNEP)
/ IPCS
= International Programme on Chemical Safety (1980;
jointly organised by UNEP/ILO/WHO)
/ IPIECA
= International
Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association (based
London) / IPPC
= integrated pollution prevention and
control (EU;
Council Directive
96/61/EC) / iproniazid
/ IPTS
= International
Practical Temperature Scale (BIPM)
/ IS
=
index securitae; safety factor (tox.)
/ ISEP
= International Society for Environmental Protection (NGO
based
Austria) / isofocalisation
= isoelectric point
precipitation (variant of
electrophoresis) / isoniazid
/
Isopropyl Palmitat
= isopropyl palmitate /
en isotherme
= under isothermal conditions / I-TEQ
=
International Toxicity Equivalent Quantity (used
by NATO) / IUCLID
=
International Uniform Chemical Information Database (EU)
/ IUCN
= International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural
Resources (based Gland,
Switzerland; now called the "World
Conservation Union". Founded Paris 1948 as the IUPN)
/ IUPAC =
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry / IUPN
=
International Union for the Protection of Nature, see
IUCN / IWC
= International Whaling Commission
Created
by Alison Gaunt
Last updated: 16 February 2018
