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VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

Specialty Definition: VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

Domain	Definition
Environment	Organic compounds that vaporize readily and contribute to the development of ozone. Many VOCs are also hazardous air pollutants. See also reactive organic compounds. (references)
Weather	(VOCs) Organic compounds that evaporate readily into the atmosphere at normal temperatures. VOCs contribute significantly to photochemical smog production and certain health problems. See non-methane volatile organic compounds. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

Synonym: VOCs (Chemicals). (additional references)

Crosswords: VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

Specialty definitions using "VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS": Air Stripping ♦ Carbon Absorber, Catalytic Incinerator ♦ Gasoline Volatility ♦ In-Situ Stripping ♦ mercaptans, Method 18 ♦ reactive organic compounds, reformulated gasoline ♦ Sparge or Sparging ♦ VOC. (references)

Commercial Usage: VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

Domain	Title
Books	IEH assessment on indoor air quality in the home : nitrogen dioxide, formaldehyde, volatile organic compounds, house dust mites, fung, and bacteria (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Non-Fiction Usage: VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		Recently, the generation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) has been increasing. (references)
		Some 70 demonstration projects or case studies concerning the reduction of waste generation and of VOCs (volatile organic compounds) emissions and wastewater have been completed. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Alternative Orthography: VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

56 4F 4C 41 54 49 4C 45 4F 52 47 41 4E 49 43 43 4F 4D 50 4F 55 4E 44 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010110 01001111 01001100 01000001 01010100 01001001 01001100 01000101 00100000 01001111 01010010 01000111 01000001 01001110 01001001 01000011 00100000 01000011 01001111 01001101 01010000 01001111 01010101 01001110 01000100 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#86 &#79 &#76 &#65 &#84 &#73 &#76 &#69 &#32 &#79 &#82 &#71 &#65 &#78 &#73 &#67 &#32 &#67 &#79 &#77 &#80 &#79 &#85 &#78 &#68 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0056 004F 004C 0041 0054 0049 004C 0045 004F 0052 0047 0041 004E 0049 0043 0043 004F 004D 0050 004F 0055 004E 0044 0053

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

56494635544346392495241354843372374947504955483853

INDEX

1. Synonyms
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Non-fiction

5. Orthography
6. Bibliography

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