Glossary of
Chemistry &
Environmental
Protection: terms & abbreviations
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k
= 1. potassium; 2. K (-type wastes) = wastes from specific
sources (USA;
EPA
classification of hazardous and solid wastes)
/ kainic acid
(used as antihelminthic e.g.)
/ kalte
Flamme = cool flame / Kälteanreicherung
= cold
enrichment (microbiol.)
/ Kapselung
= encasement (of
pollution source) / Kaskadenimpaktor
= cascade impactor (e.g.
Andersen impactor, dust sampling)
/ KC
= Kanechlor (pest.)
/ kca = klein chemisch afval (NL)
= (suggest)
small-scale chemical waste / KCN
=
potassium cyanide / Kelthane
(pest.:
trade name for
dicofol) / kga = klein
gevaarlijk afval (NL)
= (suggest)
small-scale hazardous waste (name
changed from
kca in law of March 1993) / Kieselsäure
= silicic acid; H4SiO4
(by extension, and esp. in
medical context) = Kieselsäureanhydrid
= silicon dioxide; SiO2
/ Kjedahl flask
(lab.)
/ Klärschlamm
= sewage sludge / KME =
koolzaadmethylester
= rape methyl ester (RME) (biofuel)
/ Kolbenpipette
=
piston pipette / kolendamp
= carbon monoxide / Kommission
Reinhaltung der Luft (D;
VDI)
(suggest)
Clean Air Commission / KOMO =
Keurings Organisatie Materialen
Onderzoek (NL):
"KOMO
certification" is an environmental quality mark
/ Komplexbildner
= chelating agent; Komplexbildung
= chelation / Kondensationskernzählung
= condensation nuclei counting (diesel
exhaust) / Königswasser
= aqua regia; nitrohydrochloric acid; "royal water" (1:3
mixture of
concentrated nitric acid and concentrated hydrochlric acid, dissolves
all metals except silver) / koolstof
= carbon / koolzuur
= carbonic acid; carbon dioxide solution; H2CO3
/
KW = Kohlenwasserstoff
= hydrocarbon / KWDI =
kantoor-,
winkel, diensten- en industrieafval (NL)
= (suggest)
office, shop, service and industry waste / kwiksilverchloride
= mercury bichloride; mercuric chloride; HgCl2
/ KWS =
koolwaterstof = hydrocarbon
Created
by Alison Gaunt
Last updated: 16 February 2018
