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7. Glossary
Composés Organiques Volatils (COV); Volatile organic compound
Organic compounds with a saturation vapour pressure greater than 10 Pa at 20°C. This category mainly includes solvents, degreasers, solvents...
Détecteur à ionisation de flamme (FID); Flame Ionization Detector
The measurement is based on the detection of ions formed during the combustion of an organic molecule in a hydrogen flame.
Chromatographie gazeuse/spectrométrie de masse (GC/MS); Gas chromatography/Mass spectrometry
Separation on a column (usually capillary for analysis) of complex mixtures of molecules by gas chromatography, followed by detection (identification and quantification) by mass spectrometry.
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Bibliography
Websites
ADEME (French Environment and Energy Management Agency)
EEA (European Environment Agency)
CITEPA – Centre Interprofessionnel Technique d'Études de la Pollution Atmosphérique,...
Events
Pollutec, the international trade show for environmental equipment, technologies and services, is held alternately in Lyon (even-numbered years) and Paris (odd-numbered years).
Standards and norms
- Air quality – Environment – Recueil de Normes Françaises 6th Edition, (1996), Tome 1 and Tome 2. - AFNOR - (2011)
- Air Quality Planning and standards. - EPA - (2017)
- Qualité de l'air. - ISO/TC 146 - (2017)
Regulations
Loi n° 96-1236 du 30 décembre 1996, Journal officiel du 1 er janvier 1997, sur l'air et l'utilisation rationnelle de l'énergie.
Arrêté du 2 février 1998, Journal officiel du 3 mars 1998, relative aux prélèvements et à la consommation d'eau ainsi que aux émissions de toute nature des installations classées pour la protection de l'environnement soumises à...
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