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Record 1 2011-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Pollutants
CONT

TOX; Total Organic Halogens. X is a standard generic symbol for halogens. Organic halogens are halogens more-or-less covalently bonded in carbon compounds, so TOC excludes the chloride ions in ordinary salt.

OBS

Very often used in the plural ("total organic halogens"), as a collective term.

Key term(s)
  • total organic halogens

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Agents de pollution
CONT

[...] dans les eaux déversées, les teneurs suivantes, exprimées en milligrammes par litre, ne peuvent être dépassées : - tétrachlorure de carbone : 1; - chloroforme : 10; - halogène organique total (TOX), exprimé en chlore : 150; [...]

OBS

halogène organique total : terme souvent employé au pluriel («halogènes organiques totaux»), comme collectif.

Key term(s)
  • halogènes organiques totaux

Spanish

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