Glossary of
Chemistry &
Environmental
Protection: terms & abbreviations
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French-English,
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V
= vinyl (plastic bottles) /
Vamil = vervroegde afschrijving
milieu-investeringen (NL)
= (suggest)
early depreciation of environmental investments ("Vamil
subsidies"
= incentive scheme for investment in clean technology)
/ vapo-déposition
= vapour deposition; vapour
plating (chemical
or physical)
/ VC
= vinyl chloride (CHCl) / VCI
= Verband der Chemischen Industrie (D)
= German Chemical Industry Association
/ VCl see
VC / VCM
= vinyl chloride monomer / VDC
= vinyledine chloride; VCl2
/
VE-Wasser = vollentsalztes Wasser = deionised water
/ "Verantwortliches
Handeln"
= "Responsible Care" (D)
(chemicals)
/ verdelgingsmiddel
= pesticide / Verdunstungszahl
= evaporation number not
'vaporization coefficient', NB)
/ Vergleichslösung
= comparison solution (IUPAC)
/ Verklappung
= dumping (of
waste) / Verlandung = terrestrialisation (water
body becomes
infilled with vegetation and organic material until eventually no open
water remains and the site becomes peat-land) / Vermiculite
= (F?
trade
name) type
of drying agent in granular form
/ verseifen
= saponify / vinchlozolin
(pest.)
/ Verstärker
=
enhancer (e.g. chemiluminescence)
/ Vertiefung
= well (microbiol.:
in culture plate) / Verursacherprinzip
see PPP 1.
/ VIB
= veiligheidsinformatieblad, see
MSDS
/ matières premières
vierges
= primary raw materials / vif-argent
(pop.)
= quicksilver (pop., obs.);
mercury / point de virage = endpoint (acid-base indicators: point at
which, or range within which, colour change occurs in titration) / Visking
tube / vitroculture
= in vitro
culture (microbiol.);
in vitro
cultivation (plant science)
/ VOC
= volatile organic compound / Vollpipette
=
fixed volume pipette /
Vorläufersubstanzen =
precursors / Vorsorgeprinzip
= precautionary principle; prevention principle / VOS
= vluchtig
organisch stof see
VOC / v/v
= volume of solute
per volume of solvent / VPR
= vapour pressure / vPvB = very persistent, very
bioaccumulative
