volatile organic compound
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Volatile organic compound — Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are organic chemicals that have a high vapor pressure at ordinary, room temperature conditions. Their high vapor pressure results from a low boiling point, which causes large numbers of molecules to evaporate or… … Wikipedia
Volatile organic compound — Flüchtige organische Verbindungen (Abk.: VOC bzw. VOCs nach volatile organic compound[s]) ist die Sammelbezeichnung für organische, also kohlenstoffhaltige Stoffe, die leicht verdampfen (flüchtig sind) bzw. schon als Gas bei niedrigen… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Volatile Organic Compounds Protocol — The Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds or Their Transboundary Fluxes is an agreement to provide for the control and reduction of emissions of … Wikipedia
Volatile — kommt aus dem englischen Sprachraum und bedeutet dort etwa: veränderlich, beweglich, flüchtig. Das Wort wird als Fachausdruck auch im deutschen Sprachraum verwendet: Im Aktienhandel für veränderliche Werte oder als Maß des Risikos einer Aktie,… … Deutsch Wikipedia
volatile — adjective 1) a volatile personality Syn: unpredictable, changeable, variable, inconstant, inconsistent, erratic, irregular, unstable, turbulent, blowing hot and cold, varying, shifting, fluctuating, fluid, mutable; mercurial … Thesaurus of popular words
Compound ether — Ether E ther ([=e] th[ e]r), n. [L. aether, Gr. a iqh r, fr. a i qein to light up, kindle, burn, blaze; akin to Skr. idh, indh, and prob. to E. idle: cf. F. [ e]ther.] [Written also {[ae]ther}.] 1. (Physics) A medium of great elasticity and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
compound — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 chemical ADJECTIVE ▪ chemical ▪ Scientists have produced a new chemical compound. ▪ inorganic, organic ▪ synthetic ▪ … Collocations dictionary
coordination compound — Chem. complex (def. 10). Also called coordination complex. * * * ▪ chemistry Introduction any of a class of substances with chemical structures in which a central metal atom is surrounded by nonmetal atoms or groups of atoms, called ligands… … Universalium
organometallic compound — ▪ chemical compound Introduction any member of a class of substances containing at least one metal to carbon bond in which the carbon is part of an organic group. Organometallic compounds constitute a very large group of substances that have… … Universalium
Total organic carbon — (TOC) is the amount of carbon bound in an organic compound and is often used as a non specific indicator of water quality or cleanliness of pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment. A typical analysis for TOC measures both the total carbon present… … Wikipedia
