- Industry: Energy
- Number of terms: 18218
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The American Gas Association represents local energy companies that deliver natural gas throughout the United States.
A white, tasteless, odorless, waxy substance composed of natural hydrocarbons and obtained from petroleum.
Industry:Energy
A year-round air-conditioning system employing refrigeration equipment in a manner which enables usable heat to be supplied to a space during the winter period, and by reversing the operation cycle to extract heat from the same space during the summer period. When operating as a heating system, heat is absorbed from an outside medium (either air, water, or the earth) and this heat, together with the heat equivalent of the work of compression, is supplied to space to be heated. When operating on the cooling cycle, heat is absorbed from the space to be cooled and this heat, together with the heat equivalent of the work of compression, is rejected to the outside medium.
Industry:Energy
A poisonous, corrosive compound consisting of two atoms of hydrogen and one of sulfur, gaseous in its natural state. It is found in manufactured gas made from coals or oils containing sulphur and must be removed. It is also found to some extent in some natural gas. It is characterized by the odor of rotten eggs.
Industry:Energy
Abnormally acidic rainfall, most often containing dilute concentrations of sulfuric acid or nitric acid.
Industry:Energy
Destruction of a metal by chemical or electrochemical reaction with its environment.
Industry:Energy
A polymer prepared by the polymerization of propylene as the sole monomer.
Industry:Energy
A polymer prepared by the polymerization of vinyl chloride with or without small amounts of other monomers.
Industry:Energy
