Agricultural chemicals

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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fracture

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A break in a rock formation due to structural stresses; e.g. faults, shears, joints, and planes of fracture cleavage.

free product

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A petroleum hydrocarbon in the liquid free or non aqueous phase. (See: non-aqueous phase liquid.)

fresh water

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Water that generally contains less than 1,000 milligrams-per-liter of dissolved solids.

friable

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Capable of being crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure.

friable asbestos

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Any material containing more than one-percent asbestos, and that can be crumbled or reduced to powder by hand pressure. (May include previously non-friable material which becomes ...

fuel economy standard

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standard (CAFE) effective in 1978. It enhanced the national fuel conservation effort imposing a miles-per-gallon floor for motor vehicles.