Glossary C
Cadmium (Cd) is a Heavy metal that accumulates in the environment.
Deutsch: Kohlenstoff / Español: Carbono / Português: Carbono / Français: Carbone / Italiano: Carbonio
Carbon is a chemical element with the symbol C.
The standard atomic weight 12.011
A Carbon dioxide equivalent is a Metric measure used to compare the Emissions from various greenhouse gases based upon their global warming potential (GWP).
A Categorical Pretreatment Standard is a technology-based Effluent limitation for an industrial facility discharging into a municipal sewer system. Analogous in stringency to Best Availability Technology (BAT) for direct dischargers.
The acronym CDF may mean any one of the following:
in Science, Mathematics and Computing:
- Collider Detector at Fermilab, an international collaboration of around 600 physicists studying high-energy particle collisions
A CERCLIS is the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System is a database that includes all sites which have been nominated for investigation by the Superfund program.
The term chamber may refer to any one of the following:
in Government and Organizations:
- Chambers of parliament, a legislative assembly
- Chambers of commerce (or board of trade), a form of business network whose goal is to further the interests of the member businesses
in Media and Entertainment:
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