Pesticides

Pesticides

Any chemical or substance used to kill or inhibit the growth of pests that damage or interfere with the growth of crops, shrubs, tress, timber and other vegetation useful to humans.

Industry: Agricultural chemicals

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Flocculation

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

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

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The flat or nearly flat land along a river or stream or in a tidal area that is covered by water during a flood.

Floor sweep

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Capture of heavier-than-air gases that collect at floor level.

Flow rate

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The rate, expressed in gallons -or liters-per-hour, at which a fluid escapes from a hole or fissure in a tank. Such measurements are also made of liquid waste, effluent, and surface water movement.

Flowable

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Pesticide and other formulations in which the active ingredients are finely ground insoluble solids suspended in a liquid. They are mixed with water for application.

Flue gas

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

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

Flue gas desulfurization

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

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