Glossary of
Chemistry &
Environmental
Protection: terms & abbreviations
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U
(-type
wastes) = generally hazardous wastes
(USA;
EPA classification of hazardous
and solid wastes) / UBA
= Umweltbundesamt = 1. Federal
Environment Agency (AU);
2.
Federal Environmental Agency (D)
/
Überstand
(noun);
überstehend
(adj.)
=
supernatant / Überwachung
= tracking (of product
throughout
its life cycle, "cradle-to-grave")
/ UDS
= unit density
sphere (dust measurement)
/ UEL
= upper explosive limit (landfill
gas e.g.) / Uhrglas
= watch glass (lid, lab.
glassware)
/ uitlaatgassen
= gaseous effluent; waste gases (industry)
/ ULEV
= ultra-low emission vehicles (automotive)
/ ultrarein
= ultra-pure (water e.g.)
/ ultrasonic bath
/ (grey
scale) ultrasonography
/ ultratrace
(quantities of
toxic metals) / umweltfreundlich
= environmentally
friendly; kind to the environment, environmentally benign, cf.
umweltschonend / umweltgerecht
= environmentally sound (methods,
processes e.g.) / Umweltlizenzen
see Emissionszertifikate
/ Umweltmedien
= environmental media (air,
soil & water) / umweltschonend
= (environmentally) "clean";
having a low environmental impact (technology,
production e.g.) / Umwelttoxikologie
= environmental
toxicology / UNCED
= United Nations
Conference on Environment and Development (1992,
the Rio "Earth
Summit") / UNEP
= United Nations Environment
Programme / UNFCCC
= United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change / Unternehmermodell
= "entrepreneur" model
(OSH) (D)
/ upérisation;
Uperisation = UHT
pasteurisation; ultra-pasteurisation / Urwald
=
virgin forest /
à usage
unique = (for)
single use, single-use (gloves,
e.g.) / UStatG
=
Umweltstatistikgesetz (D)
=
Environmental Statistics Act / UV
= ultraviolet / UVP =
Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfung
(legally defined concept)
see
EIA
/ UVS =
Umweltverträglichkeitsstudie
= see
EIS
/ UVU =
Umweltverträglichkeitsuntersuchung
(procedure)
see EIA
