The Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds or Their...
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Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are organic compounds that have a high vapor pressure at room temperature. High vapor pressure correlates with a low...
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Helsinki Protocol on the Reduction of Sulphur Emissions Nitrogen Oxide Protocol (1988) Volatile Organic Compounds Protocol (1991) 1994 Oslo Protocol on Further...
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Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are organic compounds that are resistant to degradation through chemical, biological, and photolytic processes. They...
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Organofluorine chemistry (redirect from Hydro fluoro compounds)
the chemistry of organofluorine compounds, organic compounds that contain a carbon–fluorine bond. Organofluorine compounds find diverse applications ranging...
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Pollution Protocol Sulphur Emissions Reduction Protocols 1985 and 1994 Volatile Organic Compounds Protocol Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution...
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Bromine (section Chemistry and compounds)
dissociate volatile organobromine compounds in the atmosphere to yield free bromine atoms, causing ozone depletion. As a result, many organobromine compounds—such...
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sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds and ammonia to be met by 2010. As of August 2014, the Protocol had been ratified by 26 parties...
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that had been exposed to sunlight. DCM's volatility and ability to dissolve a wide range of organic compounds makes it a useful solvent for many chemical...
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Fluorocarbon (section Perfluoroaromatic compounds)
strictly followed and many fluorine-containing organic compounds are also called fluorocarbons. Compounds with the prefix perfluoro- are hydrocarbons, including...
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Exhaust gas (section Volatile organic compounds)
Summaries: Volatile Organic Compounds". Air emission sources. United States Environmental Protection Agency. 25 October 2013. "Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)"...
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Organobromine chemistry (redirect from Organobromine compounds)
synthesis and properties of organobromine compounds, also called organobromides, which are organic compounds that contain carbon bonded to bromine. The...
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Mercury (element) (redirect from Mercury compounds)
synthetic mercuric sulfide. Exposure to mercury and mercury-containing organic compounds is toxic to the nervous system, immune system and kidneys of humans...
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Nitrogen (redirect from Organic nitrogen)
the most abundant chemical species in air. Because of the volatility of nitrogen compounds, nitrogen is relatively rare in the solid parts of the Earth...
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by the IPPC directive on greenhouse gases in 1994 and by the volatile organic compounds (VOC) directive of the EU in 1997. Permitted chlorofluoroalkane...
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In organic chemistry, an aldehyde (/ˈældɪhaɪd/) is an organic compound containing a functional group with the structure R−CH=O. The functional group itself...
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Secondary metabolite (redirect from Secondary compounds)
metabolites, toxins, secondary products, or natural products, are organic compounds produced by any lifeform, e.g. bacteria, fungi, animals, or plants...
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Organozinc chemistry (redirect from Organozinc compounds)
of organozinc compounds, which are organometallic compounds that contain carbon (C) to zinc (Zn) chemical bonds. Organozinc compounds were among the...
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with this compound may result in frostbite.[failed verification] In the United States, the Clean Air Act Section 111 on Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) has...
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also called methyl chloride, Refrigerant-40, R-40 or HCC 40, is an organic compound with the chemical formula CH3Cl. One of the haloalkanes, it is a colorless...
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Trichloroethylene (category Chemical articles with multiple compound IDs)
which is commonly known as chlorothene. TCE is classified as a volatile organic compound. The earliest record of trichloroethylene synthesis dates back...
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degrade or sequester toxic hydrocarbons, heavy metals, and other volatile organic compounds found within fossil fuels. Oil spills happen frequently at varying...
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superior solvent for organic compounds that do not dissolve well in hydrocarbons such as hexane. Prior to the Montreal Protocol, it was widely used for...
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polymerization with an organic di-amino compound to form a polyamide called nylon or polymerization with certain other organic compounds to form polyesters...
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CS gas (redirect from Chemical compound CS)
breathing, partially incapacitating the subject. CS gas is an aerosol of a volatile solvent (a substance that dissolves other active substances and that easily...
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MARPOL 73/78 (redirect from Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships, 1973)
ozone-depleting substances, Nitrogen Oxides (NOx), Sulfur Oxides (SOx), Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and shipboard incineration. It also establishes requirements...
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Chemistry of ascorbic acid (category Organic acids)
Ascorbic acid is an organic compound with formula C 6H 8O 6, originally called hexuronic acid. It is a white solid, but impure samples can appear yellowish...
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(DMN), is an organic compound with the formula (CH3)2NNO. It is one of the simplest members of a large class of nitrosamines. It is a volatile yellow oil...
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is a heterogeneous pool of thousands, likely millions, of organic compounds. These compounds differ not only in composition and concentration (from pM...
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Dimethyl sulfoxide (category Chemical articles with multiple compound IDs)
aprotic solvent that dissolves both polar and nonpolar compounds and is miscible in a wide range of organic solvents as well as water. It has a relatively high...
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