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Agricultural chemicals
Includes chemicals designed for agricultural use for protection of crops from fungus and insects, as well as for the growth and protection of plants.
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overfire air
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
Air forced into the top of an incinerator or boiler to fan the flames.
overflow rate
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
One of the guidelines for design of the settling tanks and clarifers in a treatment plant; used by plant operators to determine if tanks and clarifiers are over or under-used.
overland flow
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
A land application technique that cleanses waste water by allowing it to flow over a sloped surface. As the water flows over the surface, contaminants are absorbed and the water ...
oversized regulated medical waste
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
Medical waste that is too large for plastic bags or standard containers.
overturn
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
One complete cycle of top to bottom mixing of previously stratified water masses. This phenomenon may occur in spring or fall, or after storms, and results in uniformity of ...
oxidant
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
A collective term for some of the primary constituents of photochemical smog.
oxidation pond
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
A man-made (anthropogenic) body of water in which waste is consumed by bacteria, used most frequently with other waste-treatment processes; a sewage lagoon.
Sub-categories
- Fungicides (58)
- Herbicides (125)
- Insecticides (20)
- Nitrogen fertilizers (16)
- Organic fertilizers (43)
- Pesticides (35135)
- Potassium fertilizers (300)
- Urea (21)