| Terms for subject Environment (31697 entries) |
| aluminium (A light white metal, ductile and malleable, and a good conductor of electricity. It occurs widely in nature in clays and is the third most abundant element in the Earth's crust. It is extracted mainly from bauxite by electrolysis of a molten mixture of purified bauxite and cryolite. The metal and its alloys are used for aircraft, cooking utensils, electrical apparatus, and for many other purposes where its light weight is an advantage. Aluminium became implicated as an environmental health hazard in the 1980s on two counts. Biomedical scientists looking for possible causes of Alzheimer's disease, the premature senility indicated by loss of memory and confusion, found a circumstantial link with aluminium. The theory is a controversial one, Al) | aluminium | |
| aluminium container (A can or box made of aluminium in which material is held or carried) | aluminiumförpackning | |
| aluminium container | aluminiumfoerpackning | |
| aluminium content (Amount of aluminium contained in a solution) | aluminiumhalt | |
| aluminium content | aluminiumhalt | |
| alundum filter | korundfilter | |
| alveolus (A tiny, thin-walled, capillary-rich sac in the lungs where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place. Also called air sac) | tandhåla | |
| alveolus | alveol | |
| Amagat's law | Amagats lag | |
| amalgam (A solution of a metal in mercury) | amalgam | |
| amateur angling | fritidsfiske | |
| Amazonian manatee | amazonmanat | |
| ambient air | luft | |
| ambient air quality | luftkvalitet | |
| ambient concentration | bakgrundskoncentration | |
| ambient dose equivalent | miljödosekvivalent | |
| ambient level | bakgrundskoncentration | |
| ambient noise | omgivningsbuller | |
| amenity | livsmöjlig miljö | |
| amenity right | rätt till livsmöjlig miljö |