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is released to the aquatic environment primarily by surface erosion. The major human-related sources are from atmospheric deposition as a result of emissions associated with oil, gas and steel production.
Ãâó: www3.gov.ab.ca/env/water/SWQ/faqs04.cfm
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| vanilla |
The pod of the celadon-colored orchid which was originally cultivated and processed by the Aztecs, who used it to flavor their cocoa-based drink, xocolatl, later transliterated to chocolate.
Ãâó: wgby.org/localprograms/onthemenu/pages/recipes/glo...
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| vanadium |
A metallic transition element that is soluble in strong acids and bases, melts at 1,900?C and boils at around 3,000?C, and commonly is used as a catalyst.
Ãâó: web.em.doe.gov/closure/final/albatt5.html
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| van der Waals forces |
The physical forces of attraction and repulsion existing between molecules and which are responsible for the cohesion of molecular crystals and liquids. The forces stem partly from dipole-dipole, or dipole-induced-dipole interactions; however, even nonpolar molecules and atoms exert a certain attraction on one another. Van der Waals forces act only over relatively short distances, and are proportional to the inverse of the seventh power of the intermolecular distances.
Ãâó: www.aquatechnologies.com/info_glossary.htm
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| Vane |
the flat, weblike part of a feather emerging from the shaft; there are two vanes per feather The vane of one flight feather overlaps the vane of the next feather.
Ãâó: www.inhs.uiuc.edu/chf/pub/virtualbird/glossary.htm...
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