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CAR POLLUTION [1 record]

Record 1 2012-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Pollution
  • Exhaust Systems (Motor Vehicles)
DEF

The air pollution from cars due mainly to the evaporation from gas tanks and carburetors, crankcase blow-by, and tailpipe emission.

CONT

The air quality standards for hydrocarbons, oxides of nitrogen, carbon monoxide, and oxidant (ozone) are particularly relevant in the control of vehicular air pollution. The first three of these pollutants are discharged directly from motor vehicles; oxidant is produced in photochemical reactions ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'air
  • Échappement (Véhicules automobiles)
CONT

Échelle de niveaux d'imprégnation oxycarbonée ayant pour origine la pollution par les véhicules automobiles.

CONT

La pollution automobile s'avère particulièrement ardue à résoudre parfaitement [...]. [...] les objectifs ont été clairement fixés [...] par le Congrès américain, dans des normes [...] qui peuvent se résumer comme suit : 1) réduction [...] des émissions d'oxyde de carbone et d'hydrocarbures; 2) réduction [...] des émissions d'oxydes de l'azote; 3) réduction progressive des additifs au plomb [...]

OBS

Voir aussi «pollution par les gaz d'échappement» («exhaust pollution») dans TERMIUM.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contaminación del aire
  • Sistemas de escape (Vehículos automotores)
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