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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defoliant

Natural environment; Water

An herbicide that removes leaves from trees and growing plants.

flowmeter

Natural environment; Water

A gauge indicating the velocity of wastewater moving through a treatment plant or of any liquid moving through various industrial processes.

flue gas

Natural environment; Water

The air coming out of a chimney after combustion in the burner it is venting. It can include nitrogen oxides, carbon oxides, water vapor, sulfur oxides, particles and many chemical pollutants.

flue gas desulfurization

Natural environment; Water

A technology that employs a sorbent, usually lime or limestone, to remove sulfur dioxide from the gases produced by burning fossil fuels. Flue gas desulfurization is current state-of-the art ...

fluidized

Natural environment; Water

A mass of solid particles that is made to flow like a liquid by injection of water or gas is said to have been fluidized. In water treatment, a bed of filter media is fluidized by backwashing water ...

fluidized bed incinerator

Natural environment; Water

An incinerator that uses a bed of hot sand or other granular material to transfer heat directly to waste. Used mainly for destroying municipal sludge.