Recycled Aggregates Crushed concrete or asphalt from construction and demolition debris that can be re-used for more building applications.
aggregate A group of soil particles cohering in such a way that they behave mechanically as a unit. agronomy ...
aggregate. A mass or cluster of soil particles, often having a characteristic shape. agrochemical. Synthetic chemicals (pesticide and fertilizers) used in agricultural production.
Aggregate emissions from the six principal air pollutants decreased 54 percent between 1970 and 2004, even as gross domestic product increase 187 percent, vehicle miles traveled increased 171 percent, energy consumption rose 47 percent, ...
Aggregates: Hard materials such as sand, gravel, or crushed stone that are used for mixing with cementing material to form concrete or used alone as fill.
Exposed Aggregate - The component pieces of a composite material used to resist compressive stress and visible in the end product. (return to top) F ...
Aggregate: Coarse mineral material (e.g., sand, gravel) that is mixed with either cement to form concrete or tarry hydrocarbons to form asphalt.
Aggregate consisting of angular particles produced by mechanically crushing rock. CUL-DE-SAC A local access street with a closed circular end which allows for vehicle turnarounds.
aggregate of individuals of a biological species that are geographically isolated from other members of the species and are actually or potentially interbreeding. Reference Condition ...
floc 1) Aggregates of microorgansims of bacteria and particulate impurities that are bound through coagulation to forma settleable cluster. Developed in flocculation tanks, reactors, and settling or sedimentation basins. 2) A cluster of frazil ...
EEA database on aggregated data for the coastline of the Mediterranean, Atlantic, North Sea, Skagerrak, Kattegat and Baltic. Marinebase holds data collected from marine conventions and member countries. Translations of "Marinebase": ...
environment Aggregate, at a given moment, of all external conditions and influences to which a system under study is subjected. environmental damage Adverse effects to the natural environment.
Characterization Characterization aggregates classified environmental interventions/aspects within an environmental impact category. This step results in environmental performance indicators. ...
(The word is also used by botanists to describe the arrangement of the parts in a flower bud.) Aggregated distribution The distribution of organisms in which individuals are closer together than they would be if they were randomly or evenly ...
Forest trees in nature may be aggregated into sertain groupings or associations such as the beech-birch-maple forests of the northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, and the loblolly pine-shortleaf pine forests of the South; ...
Bubble: In the context of international climate change negotiations refers to the notion that the European Union (EU) as a whole would accept some aggregate limit on carbon reductions but that the limit would not have to be shared pro rata by all ...
In theory, this mechanism, which aggregates gains and losses, costs and benefits, works well, ...
A pit containing coarse aggregate that absorps the effluents from a septic tank. Pressure exerted backward; in a field of fluid flow, a pressure exerted contrary to the pressure producing the main flow.
Gas: A state of matter in which substances exist in the form of non-aggregated molecules, and which, within acceptable limits of accuracy, satisfies the ideal gas laws; usually a highly superheated vapor.
Whole-effluent toxicity: The aggregate toxic effect of an effluent measured directly by a toxicity test.
Flocculation: Process by which clumps of solids in water or sewage aggregate through biological or chemical action so they can be separated from water or sewage.
Process by which clumps of solids in water or sewage aggregate through biological or chemical action so they can be separated from water or sewage. Floodplain ...
The type of furnace used in the Minergy Clear Horizons process. It is where the wastewater sludge (and coal and limestone flux) is combusted to form the glass aggregate. Data quality objective (DQO) process ...
yield (MSY). Used as a biological reference point, FMSY is the implicit fishing mortality target of many regional and national fishery management authorities and organizations. FMSY can be estimated in two ways: a) from simple biomass-aggregated ...
consists of a permanent, barrel-shaped, cylindrical, prismatic or spindle-shaped structure opened at both ends; transparent, with complete or incomplete hoop-like muscle rings; polymorphic with sometimes quite different solitary and aggregate forms.
Structure, soil - the arrangement of primary soil particles into compound particles or aggregates. The principal forms of soil ...
See also: Soil, Water, Organic, Table, Waste
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