Glossary of Chemistry & Environmental Protection: terms & abbreviations   Dutch-English, French-English, German-English
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TAGA
= trace atmospheric gas analyser / TAL = tetraalkyl lead / TAMC = total aerobic microbial count / Tamol = a combination of formaldehyde and naphthalene-sulphonic acid / tampon = buffer / TBA = trichlorobenzoic acid / TBP = tributyl phosphate / TBT = tributyltin (marine anti-fouling agent) / TC = to contain (laboratory glassware, contrast TD = "to deliver") / TCA = 1. trichloroacetic acid; 2. turbulent contact absorber (wet scrubber) / TCAB = tetrachloroazobenzene / TCB = tetrachlorobiphenyl / TCDBF = tetrachlorodibenzofuran / TCDD = tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin; dioxin / TCDF = tetrachlorodibenzofuran / TCE = 1. trichloroethane (solvent); 2. trichloroethylene / TCMTB (fung.) / TCNE = tetracyanoethylene / TCP = trichlorophenol / TCVP = tetrachlorvinphos / TD = to deliver (laboratory glassware, contrast TC = "to contain") / TDI = toluene di-isocyanate / TDS = total dissolved solids (water treatment) / "Teflon" = polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) / Teflon bomb (digestion of samples) / TEL = tetraethyl lead (automotive, fuel additive) / TEM = 1. tetramethyl lead (automotive, fuel additive); 2. total environmental management; 3. transmission electron microscope (micrograph) / agent tensioactif = surfactant / térrasse, installé en = installed in series (filters) / Testbenzin = white spirit / TET = triethylenetetramine / Tetrachlorethen = tetrachloroethene / tetrachlorovinphos (pest.) / TFA = taux faible d’activité = low level (radioactive waste e.g.) / TFS = transfrontier shipments (waste) / TGK = toxische Grenzkonzentration (D) / Thanol = a polyethylene glycol / THC = total hydrocarbons / thermal neutron prompt gamma ray spectrometry / thermostatisiert = thermostatted / thiocarbamates / thiofanox (pest.) / thiophanate-methyl (pest.) / thymol turbidity test / TLPC thin layer paper chromatography / TMDL = total maximum daily load / TNI = traffic noise index / TNT = 2,4,6 trinitrotoluene / TOC = 1. total organic carbon; 2. total organic compounds / tochlofos-methyl (pest.) / TOD = total oxygen demand / TOSCA = Toxic Substances Control Act (USA; also seen as TSCA) / toxicochemie = toxicological chemistry / toxique ultime = final toxin (resulting from metabolisation of the original toxicant administered) / TP = total particulates / TPH = total petroleum hydrocarbon / TPM = total particulate matter / TR = total residual (e.g. TRCl2 = total residual chlorine) / Tracor 560 Gas Chromatograph: "high performance gas chromatograph equipped with a specialized sulphur detector for determining the degree of atmospheric pollution" / traffic = movements of people around a laboratory e.g. / Tragfähigkeit = carrying capacity (environment, of a given species e.g.) / Treibhausgas = greenhouse gas / Treibmittel = propellant (gas) / TRGS = Technische Regel für Gefahrstoffe (D) = Technical Rules for Hazardous Substances / TRI = Toxics Release Inventory (USA) / Tribunil (pest.: trade name = methabenzthiazuron) / trichlorfon (pest.) / TRIEN = triethylene tetramine dihydrochloride / TRK = Technische Richtkonzentration (D) = (suggest) Technical Guide Level (OSH) / Trockenlegung = drainage (land) / TRS = total reducible sulphur / TS = total solids / TSCA see TOSCA / TSD = thermionic specific detector (selective for nitrogen- & phosphorus-containing compounds, NB not thermoionic...) / TSM = total suspended matter, see TSS / TSP = total suspended particulates, see TSS / TSS = total suspended solids (synonyms: total suspended matter; total suspended particulates) / TTCA = 2-thio-thiazolidine-4-carbonic acid / TTF-TCNQ = tetrathiafulvalene-tetracyanoquinodi-methane / TUIS = Transportunfall-Informations- und Hilfesystem = (suggest) Information and Aid System for Transportation Accidents (chemicals carried between Austria/Germany/Switzerland) / TWA = time-weighted average (TLVs e.g.) / TYMC = total combined yeasts and moulds count (microbiol.)



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