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GLOSSARY OF WATER PURIFICATION AND HEALTH TERMS.
This Glossary is not meant to be all-encompassing but instead contains terms used in the different forms of purification and separation.
vaporize |
To convert a liquid into a vapor.
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virus |
Any of a large group of submicroscopic infective agents capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells of a host.
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viscosity |
That property of fluids by which they offer resistance to flow. Measured in poise, kinematic viscosity, centistokes, saybolt universal seconds (SUS), seconds saybolt, degree Engler and degree Barbey, Gardner-Holt, etc.
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VOC |
Volatile organic compound – synthetic organic compounds which easily volatilize. Many are suspected carcinogens.
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voids |
The openings or pores in a filter medium.
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