Water

Water

Water is a chemical compound with the chemical formula H20. A water molecule contains one hydrogen atom and two oxygen atoms. Water is a liquid at standard ambient temperature and pressure though it can be a solid (ice)in low temperatures or evaporate into water vapor a higher temperatures.

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acid aerosol

Natural environment; Water

Very small liquid or solid particles that are acidic and are small enough to become airborne.

decant

Natural environment; Water

To draw off the upper layer of liquid after the heaviest material (a solid or another liquid) has settled.

holding time

Natural environment; Water

the maximum amount of time a sample may be stored before analysis.

organic matter

Natural environment; Water

Substances of (dead) plant or animal matter, with a carbon-hydrogen structure.

short circuiting

Natural environment; Water

when some of the water in tanks or basins flows faster than the rest; shortcircuiting may result in shorter contact, reaction, or settling times than calculated or presumed.