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acid substance [2 records]

Record 1 1986-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Pollution
CONT

Dissolved salts and minerals in the ground water are carried away by rivers and streams to the oceans. Although plants slow down this process by taking up the dissolved material from the ground water and returning it to the soils as they drop their leaves or die, litter as well as acid substances from the atmosphere add acidic materials to the soils.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'air
CONT

Jusqu'à ces dernières années, on considérait que les pluies étaient le mécanisme principal par lequel les substances acides se déposaient.

Spanish

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Record 2 1985-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Environnement
CONT

[Le] CSIde saturation calcique prend sa force dans la pertinence du calcul de IAP [ion activity product] comme estimateur réel du pouvoir tampon actuel, à partir de la concentration du calcium, de l'alcalinité et du pH, i.e. en intégrant tous les éléments basiques et acides du milieu naturel (pH, alcalinité).

Spanish

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