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Pesticides
Any chemical or substance used to kill or inhibit the growth of pests that damage or interfere with the growth of crops, shrubs, tress, timber and other vegetation useful to humans.
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isotope
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
A variation of an element that has the same atomic number of protons but a different weight because of the number of neutrons. Various isotopes of the same element may have different radioactive ...
isotropy
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
The condition in which the hydraulic or other properties of an aquifer are the same in all directions.
jar test
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
A laboratory procedure that simulates a water treatment plant's coagulation/flocculation units with differing chemical doses, mix speeds, and settling times to estimate the minimum or ideal coagulant ...
karst
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
A geologic formation of irregular limestone deposits with sinks, underground streams, and caverns.
kinetic energy
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
Energy possessed by a moving object or water body.
kinetic rate coefficient
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
A number that describes the rate at which a water constituent such as a biochemical oxygen demand or dissolved oxygen rises or falls, or at which an air pollutant reacts.
