Encyclopedia of Environmental Science and Engineering, Volume I and II

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1378 INDEX


Filtration 215, 633, 978, 1193, 1316
Finite differences approximation 720
Fire damper 997
First order reaction 743
Fish 2, 271, 365, 614, 966, 1010,
1146
Fish and Wildlife Coordination
Act (US) 365
Fish and Wildlife Service (US) 365
Fission products 1041
Flammability 1022
Flavors 272
Flocculation 634, 973
Flood 487
Flood plain 665
Flow equalization 972
Flue gas 1234
Flue gas recirculation 761
Fluidized bed 166, 402, 766
Fluoride 93, 1108, 1211
Fly ash 167, 283
Foam separation 735, 983
Food 272, 962
Food additives 275
Food and Agricultural Organization
(UN) 275
Food and Drug Administration
(US) 274, 357, 363
Food chain 253, 263, 615
Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
(US) 362, 963
Food hygiene 334
Food industry 533
Food protection 357
Food webs 253
Forest and Rangeland Renewable
Resources Planning Act (US) 366
Formaldehyde 42, 238
Fossil fuel 411
Free available chlorine 1326
Free energy 1272
Free radicals 120
Freezing processes 198
Frequency data 1127
Fresh water 439
Friable asbestos 277
F-test 1131
Fuel 31, 73, 166, 303, 411, 707
Fuel cell 318, 1251
Fuel fabrication 628
Fumigation 64
Fungi 691
Fusion reactor 318
Fusion resources 312
‘Futility care’ 173

Gaia 194
Gain output ratio 202

Garbage 354, 643
Gas absorption 1223
Gaseous pollutant 71, 1211
Gaseous sampling 1097
Gas phase 125
Gas turbine 709
Gaussian distribution—see Normal
distribution
‘Generally recognized as safe’ 274
General Mining Act (US) 366
Genetic damage 279
Geographic Information Systems 425
Geometric mean 15
Geothermal energy 312
Geothermal Steam Act (US) 366
GIS—see Geographic Information Systems
Global ice 1291
Global Mean Change 431
Global warming 427
GNP—see Gross National Product
Golay cell 553
Gray 627
Grayfields 165
Grazers 115
Green algae 389, 684
Green belt 262
Greenhouse gases 427, 747
Grinding 354
Grit 731
Gross National Product 295
Gross reproduction 375
Groundwater 393, 439, 959, 994, 1005,
1289
Groundwater recharge 448
Growth 1148
Growth kinetics 139

Hagen-Poiseuelle equation 1276
Haldane equation 142
Half life 639
Half velocity coefficient 139
Halides 90
Halogenated hydrocarbons 79
Hardness 1018
Hardy Cross method 1280
Hazardous air pollutants 30, 72
Hazardous and Solid Waste
Amendments (US) 527
Hazardous gas 1022
Hazardous waste 450, 459, 642, 1021
Hazen-Williams equation 1275
HDPE—see High density polyethylene
Health agencies 174
Health aspects 339
Health hazards 356
Health physics 627
Hearing damage 776
Heat pump 1247

Heavy metals 72, 94, 620
Heavy water reactor 629
Henry’s Law 1226
Herbicide 623
Herbivores 258
Heterotrophic 262
High density polyethylene 1060
High gradient magnetic separation 1203
High rate activated sludge 149
Historical and Archaeological
Preservation Act (US) 992
HIV—see Human immunodeficiency
virus
Holding tanks 1089
Hological 262
Hood design 490
Horizontal tube evaporator 203
‘Hot’ precipitator 283
Housing 334
HSWA—see Hazardous and Solid Waste
Amendments (US)
HTE—see Horizontal tube evaporator
Human engineering 1037
Human immunodeficiency virus 175
Hydraulic jump 1281
Hydraulics 715
Hydrocarbons 52, 71, 75, 304, 701
Hydro-dechlorination 933
Hydrofluorocarbons 78
Hydrogen 118
Hydrogen sulfide 85, 392, 1111
Hydrograph 470
Hydrological weathering 1283
Hydrologic cycle 342, 439, 610, 1288,
1312
Hydrology 465, 994
Hydropower 310
Hydrosphere 1287
Hydroxy radical 120
Hypochlorite 233, 1207, 1322
Hypolimnion 619
Hypothesis testing 1125

IAEA—see International Atomic Energy
Agency
Ice 1, 1290
ICPR—see International Commission on
Radiological Protection
IGCC—see Integrated gasification/
Combined cycle
Illness 171
Imaging radar 1062
Imhoff tank 737
Impactor 23
Inadequate lighting 1034
Incinerating toilets 1088
Incineration 357, 453, 651
Incinerator off-gas 634

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