Glossary of
Chemistry &
Environmental
Protection: terms & abbreviations
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Salicylsäure
= salicylic acid / Salmiak
= sal ammoniac; ammonium chloride; salmiac / Salmiakgeist
see Ammoniak
/ Salzsäure
=
hydrochloric acid; HCl / Sanierung
= remediation; clean-up,
rehabilitation (contaminated or
abandoned sites, soils, see also
Altlastensanierung)
/
sapement de berges
= undermining of banks; undercutting of banks
(hydrol.)
/
säuregereinigt
= acid-washed / SBR
= styropor butadiene
rubber / SC =
suspension concentrate (pest.)
/ SCC
= secondary combustion chamber (waste
incineration) / SCGE
= single cell elecrophoresis; Comet assay / Schadstoff
= toxic
substance; toxicant; harmful substance; deleterious substance
/ Schutzgas
= filler gas (AAS)
/ Schüttelapparat
= agitator (lab.)
/ Schwärzungsmessung
= smoke meter measurement; smoke reading (aerosol
sampling) / Schwefelkohlenstoff
= carbon disulphide; CS2
/ Schwefelwasserstoff
= hydrogen sulphide; H2S
/ Schwelgase
= decomposition gases / scinder
= cleave / SCMO =
Studiecentrum voor Milieuonderzoek (NL)
= (suggest)
Environmental
Research Centre / SCOPE =
Scientific Committee on Problems of
the Environment (part of ICSU)
/ SCOT
= support coated
open tubular (column) (chromatography)
/ SCR
= selective
catalytic reduction (NOx
e.g.) /
SDB = Sicherheitsdatenblatt,
see
MSDS
/ SEA
= strategic environmental
assessment (related
to but not the same as
an EIA. An EIA tends to assess the finished project, but an ESA looks
at the project early on, to see if it is necessary at all.)
/ SEI
= secondary electron imaging / sel
gemme = rock salt (halite) /
seleenwaterstof
= hydrogen selenide (H2Se)
/ SEM =
scanning electron microscope (microscopy) / Senke
= sink (environment,
e.g. a carbon sink)
/ séquestration du
CO2
= carbon capture and storage / SETAC
= Society of Environmental
Toxicologists and Chemists / seuil de déclaration
=
reporting threshold (chemicals) / Seveso
see dioxin
/ SFK
= Störfallkommission =
Accident Commission (D)
/ SGK
= Sauerstoffgrenzkonzentration,
see
LOC
/ silice
= silica (SiO2)
/ silice fondue
=
silica gel / silicium
= silicon (Si) / silicone
=
silicone (polymer)
/ simazine
(pest.)
/ sirop
= syrup (pharm.) /
SLCAL
= Salt Lake City Analytical
Laboratory / SMB =
strategische milieueffectenbeoordeling
see
SEA
/ SMD
= soil moisture deficit /
SMM
= sustainable materials management / SN
= suspended nitrates / SNCR
= selective non-catalytic reduction
(NOx
e.g.) / SNG
= synthetic natural gas / soda
= sodium carbonate; sal soda, washing
soda; Na2CO3
/ SOF =
soluble organic
fraction / Sollwert
= designated value (commercially
prepared solutions) / Solu-Medrol
(pharm.)
/ soluté
= solute; also
aqueous solution / solvant
= solvent / sonde
isocinétique =
sampling under isokinetic conditions / sonicate,
sonication = to clean matter by
ultrasonic treatment: "the
samples were sonicated for 5-10 min. in order to disperse any large
clumps of debris" (asbestos
in rainwater) / sorbonne
= fume cupboard / sous-couche
= subshell (transition
metals)
/ SOx
= oxides of sulphur; sulphur
oxides / soxhlet
= equipment for the continuous
extraction
of a solvent: "the
material to be extracted is usually placed in
a porous paper thimble, and continually condensing solvent allowed to
percolate through it and return to the boiling vessel, either
continuously or intermittently"
/ SP
= synthetic
pyrethroids (replaced
organophosphates in e.g. sheep dip as being
safe to humans; now found to be highly toxic to environment)
/ spécialité
pharmaceutique see
Arzneispezialität / spectre
d'action
= spectrum; spectrum of activity (pharm.)
/ speksteen
=
talc; talcum; stearite (magnesium
silicate) / Sperrmüll
= bulky waste; bulky residue / SPF
= spectophotofluorimetry / SPI
= Society of the Plastics Industry (USA;
devises marking systems for
plastic bottles; founded
1937,
based Washington DC) / spill
control kit (lab.
safety)
/ Spirsäure
see
Salicylsäure / Spitzbodenröhrchen
= microtube, micro test tube (has
a
pointed end, often an "Eppendorf tube", if made by that (leading
German) manufacturer) / splitless
mode (chromatograph)
/ SPLV
= soil pollutant limit value / sporenelement
=
trace element / spoorelement
see sporenelement
/ SRS
= slow-reacting substances / SS
= 1. suspended solids; 2.
suspended sulphates / SSNIF
= site-specific natural isotope
fractionation by nuclear magnetic resonance (odour
analysis) / Stammlösung
= stock solution / standard
addition method (chem.)
/
station de jaugeage
= gauging station (hydrol.)
/ Status
Quo-Betrachtung = zero option /
stechend
= pungent (odour
of chemical e.g.) /
Stellmittel = filler (cosmetics,
construction); additive
/ Stickoxydul
= nitrous oxide; N2O
/ Stickstoffmonoxid;
stikstofmonoxyde = nitrous
oxide; N2O
/ STP
= standard temperature and pressure (60oF
and 30 inHg) / STPD
= standard temperature and pressure,
dry / Stufenkontrolle =
process check; in-process check (food
science) / Styrofoam™
(Dow, 1954), see
EPS
/ sublimaat
= corrosive sublimate (disinfectant,
see kwiksilverchloride) /
mélange sulfochromique
= ? sulphuric/chromic
acid mixture / sur un support = on a backing (laboratory
reagent) / surnageant
= supernatant / suroxygénation
= oxygen enrichment / SUVP =
strategische
Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfung; strategische
Umweltprüfung, see
SEA
/ SVP
=
Sicherheitsvertrauensperson (D)
=
safety officer (OSH)
Created
by Alison Gaunt
Last updated: 22 March 2018
