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SUBSTANCE SE TROUVANT NATURE [1 record]

Record 1 2009-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Pollutants
DEF

A substance which occurs in nature as such, which is chemically unprocessed, or which is extracted from air by any means, or physically processed only by manual, mechanical or gravitational means, by dissolution in water, by flotation, or by heating solely to remove water.

Key term(s)
  • naturally occurring substance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Agents de pollution
DEF

Substance existant dans la nature, telle quelle, qui n'a reçu aucun traitement chimique, et qui est extraite de l'air par un moyen quelconque ou qui a subi un traitement physique uniquement par des moyens manuels ou mécaniques ou par gravité, par dissolution dans l'eau, par flottation ou par chauffage à la seule fin d'éliminer l'eau.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
  • Estudios y análisis del medio ambiente
  • Agentes contaminantes
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