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MAJOR CONSTITUENT [3 records]

Record 1 2002-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Pollution

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'air
DEF

Substance quantitativement importante dans la composition de l'atmosphère terrestre.

OBS

On distingue les constituants majoritaires permanents, comme l'azote (78 % de l'atmosphère), l'oxygène (20 %) et les gaz rares (1 %), des constituants majoritaires transitoires, comme l'eau, le gaz carbonique ou les constituants qui varient avec la pollution.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contaminación del aire
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Record 2 1997-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
DEF

[In analysis], a constituent with a relative content of 1 - 100%.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
DEF

[En analyse], un constituant dont la teneur relative se situe entre 1 et 100%.

Spanish

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Record 3 1996-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
OBS

(of sea water)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
DEF

Composé chimique dissout dans l'eau de mer à une concentration supérieure au milligramme par kilogramme.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
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