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organic residue [2 records]

Record 1 2015-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Pollution
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Pollutants
CONT

Organic residues include the effluents [that] contain complex organic compounds in solution and suspension, often together with toxic substances and various salts. (...) the basic property of these effluents is that they contain unstable compounds which are readily oxidised and so use up the dissolved oxygen in the water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'eau
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Agents de pollution
OBS

Les effluents d'industries alimentaires (...) renferment d'importantes quantités de substances organiques facilement biodégradables (...)

Spanish

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Record 2 1989-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pollutants
  • Analytical Chemistry
OBS

Substances, parfois à l'état de traces, qui peuvent se retrouver sur les instruments de laboratoire et qui pourraient fausser les mesures et les analyses qu'on y effectue.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Agents de pollution
  • Chimie analytique

Spanish

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