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PHYSICAL CHEMICAL EXTRACTION PROCESS [1 record]

Record 1 2006-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
  • Wastewater Treatment
CONT

Physical and chemical extractive processes remove contaminants from a medium (soil or sediment, for example) by dissolving them in a fluid (water, for example) which is then recovered or treated.

Key term(s)
  • physical and chemical extraction process
  • physico-chemical extractive process
  • physico-chemical extraction process
  • physical-chemical extractive process
  • physical-chemical extraction process

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Traitement des eaux usées
CONT

Les procédés d'extraction physico-chimique consistent à enlever les contaminants d'un milieu support, par exemple les sols ou les sédiments, par dissolution dans un liquide, l'eau par exemple, qui est ensuite récupéré et traité.

OBS

physicochimique : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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