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Glossary O

The Environmental Glossary. Letter O +++ Popular Articles: 'Oil', 'Ocean', 'Oxygen'

Oversight

The Oversight is the independent assessment of the quality system and/or projects for conformance with requirements, effectiveness of requirements in maintaining quality, and ensuring or effecting appropriate corrective action.

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Oxidant

German: Oxyidationsmittel
An Oxidant is a Chemical Compound that has the ability to remove, accept, or share Electrons from another chemical species, thereby oxidizing it.

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Oxidation

Deutsch: Oxidation / Español: Oxidación / Português: Oxidação / Français: Oxydation / Italiano: Ossidazione /

Oxidation refers to a chemical reaction that involves the loss of electrons or an increase in oxidation state. It plays a crucial role in various environmental processes and can have both beneficial and detrimental effects.

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Oxidize

An Oxidize is To chemically transform a substance by combining it with oxygen. See chemical reaction.

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Oxycline depth

An oxycline depth is depth at which dissolved Oxygen levels fall below a threshold value.

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Oxygen

Deutsch: Sauerstoff / Español: Oxígeno / Português: Oxigênio / Français: Oxygène / Italiano: Ossigeno /

An Oxygen is a gas that exists naturally in the atmosphere and is produced by plants during Photosynthesis that humans and other animals breathe.

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Oxygen cycle

An Oxygen cycle is Cyclic movement of Oxygen in different chemical forms from the environment, to organisms, and then back

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Oxygen demand

An oxygen demand is the need for molecular oxygen to meet the needs of biological and chemical processes in water.

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Oxytocin

An Oxytocin is a naturally secreted hormone that is important in milk Letdown and the contraction of the smooth uterine muscles during the birthing process.

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Ozonation

An Ozonation is a new technology using a form of oxygen, instead of chemicals, to treat Cooling water (Brown and Caldwell,

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