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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.
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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 ...