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| C & I | |
| Commercial and industrial. | |
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| Classification and Labelling. | |
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| C4 | |
| C4 derivates are among the main olefin products coming from the steam cracker, along with ethylene and propylene. Butadiene is the most valuable product from the C4 fraction. | |
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| CA | |
| See Competent Authority (CA). | |
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| CA site | |
| Civic amenity site. | |
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| CAIA | |
| Chemical and Allied Industries Association (South Africa). | |
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| CAIR | |
| Comprehensive Assessment Information Rule. | |
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| CAN | |
| Calcium ammonium nitrate. | |
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| CAP | |
| 1. Common Agriculture Policy. The name given to the European Union's agriculture policy. A basic aim of the CAP has been to provide efficient farmers with an income comparable to that of people outside farming, in the service and industrial sectors, while ensuring that consumers receive adequate supplies of food at reasonable prices. The policy is called "common" because there are harmonised prices and rules between the EU member states. Before 1993, when the Single European Market came into being, there were still some restrictions on trading between member states. 2. Community Advisory Panel. Community Advisory Panels (CAPs) are a proven method of establishing ongoing opportunities for dialogue with facility neighbours. CAPs are local organisations established by facilities to assist them in communicating regularly with their neighbours. |
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| capacity building | |
| The strengthening and/or development of human resources and institutional capacities. | |
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| caprolactam | |
| One of the ingredients that are used to synthetise the most common nylon. Caprolactam is made from phenol. | |
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| carbohydrate | |
| Any member of a very abundant and widespread class of natural organic substances, compounds of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, that includes the sugars, starch, and cellulose. | |
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| carbon | |
| An element forming a large number of compounds, many of which have important uses. Diamond and graphite are amongst the main forms of carbon. Coals are elemental carbon mixed with varying amounts of carbon compounds; coke and charcoal are nearly pure carbon. All organic compounds, such as proteins, carbohydrates, and fats, contain carbon, and all plant and animal cells consist of carbon compounds and their polymers. | |
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| carbon dioxide (CO2) | |
| A colourless, non-poisonous gas that is a normal part of the ambient air. Carbon dioxide is formed in combustion of fossil fuel and carbon-containing materials, in fermentation, and in respiration of animals and employed by plants in the photosynthesis of carbohydrates. | |
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| carbon tetrachloride | |
| Carbon tetrachloride is produced by the high temperature chlorination of propylene or methane. It is used as a feedstock in the production of CFCs, HCFCs and HFCs, as a process agent in the production of chlorine, to extract nitrogen trichloride, and as a solvent to recover chlorine from tail gas. It has been phased out in dispersive uses since 1995 under the Montreal Protocol. | |
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| carcinogen | |
| A substance or agent capable of causing cancer. | |
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| CARE | |
| Consortium for Automotive Recycling. | |
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| CAS | |
| 1. Chemical Abstracts Service. CAS® is the producer of the world's largest and most comprehensive databases of chemical information. It is a division of the American Chemical Society. The principal databases now include over 18 million document records and more than 32 million substance records respectively. 2. Chicago Academy of Science. |
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| CAs Meeting | |
| Competent Authorities Meeting; meeting of senior representatives of the competent authorities of the EU member states; chaired by DG Environment. | |
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| CAS number | |
| Chemical Abstracts System number; CAS® is the producer of the world's largest and most comprehensive databases of chemical information. It is a division of the American Chemical Society. The principal databases now include over 18 million document records and more than 32 million substance records respectively. ALSO: CAS RN (Registry Number). |
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