thermophilic - of an organism whose development is facilitated is facilitated by high temperatures, normally in the approximate range of 40-80oC
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thermoplastic technique - a method of hazardous waste treatment in which dry waste is mixed with molten bitumen and allowed to cool
  • Technika termoplastyfikacji


tixotropy - the property exhibited by certain substances of liquefying when subjected to a strain, such as agitation, and setting or hardening again when the strain is removed
  • Tiksotropia


three minute mean concentration - the maximum permissible concentration of pollutant at ground level from a stationary source, i.e. the concentration of polutant over three minutes under the worst envisaged atmospheric conditions
  • Średnia koncentracja trzyminutowa


threshold Limiting Value - in the UK, the maximum concentration of an airborne pollutant 9 or mix-ture of pollutants) to which it is believed ’healthy’ workers in industry may be repeatedly exposed day after day without adverse effects, on an eight-hour day
  • Progowa wartość graniczna


throughflow - the part of the runoff which has passed into the ground, becomes groundwater, and is discharged into a stream or channel as spring or percolation water
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