Glossary A
The Environmental Glossary. Letter A +++ Popular Articles: 'Active solar heating system', 'Atom', 'Animal'
Deutsch: Ampulle / Español: Ampolla / Português: Ampola / Français: Ampoule / Italiano: Fiala
Ampoule in the environmental context refers to a small, sealed vial made of glass or plastic, typically used to contain and preserve liquids, gases, or samples under sterile or airtight conditions. Ampoules play a critical role in Environmental Monitoring, conservation, and Laboratory Analysis.
An Amprometric Titration is a way of measuring concentrations of certain substances in water using an electric Current that Flows during a chemical reaction.
- An acid rain : An An Acid rain is the precipitation of dilute solutions of strong mineral acids, formed by the mixing in the atmosphere of various industrial pollutants is primarily sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides -- with naturally occurring oxygen and water vapor.
- An Assessment Endpoint : An An Assessment Endpoint is In ecological risk assessment, an explicit expression of the environmental value to be protected; includes both an ecological entity and specific attribute d thereof.
An Anadromous is Fish that return from salt water to Fresh Water to spawn (e.g., salmon, steelhead).
An Anaerobic is a life or process that occurs in, or is not destroyed by, the absence of oxygen.
see also:
"Anaerobic" is in the UNSPSC Code "41104308"
Anaerobic environmental culture systems or supplies
Other definition:
An Anaerobic is Microorganisms that biodegrade organic matter without free oxygen.
An Anaerobic Decomposition is Reduction of the net Energy level and change in chemical composition of organic Matter caused by Microorganisms in an oxygen-free environment.
Anaerobic respiration is the form of cellular respiration in which some decomposers get the energy they need through the breakdown of glucose (or other nutrients) in the absence of oxygen.