Laboratory and Field Glossary
There are 196 entries in this glossary.A
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| ANSI |
American National Standards Institute
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| AAS |
Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry used for lead paint chip and dust wipe sample analysis. Can be used to analyze a variety of elements with use of multiple lamps.
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| Abatement |
Any set of measures designed to reduce or eliminate lead hazards or Lead Based Paint for public and residential buildings, but does not include containment or cleaning.
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| Accessible Material |
Any material to which access can be gained by any means other
than significant destruction of building components; or, for the purposes of describing
building occupant activities, a material subject to disturbance by routine use or
maintenance activities.
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| Acropetal |
a chain of conidia where the newest growths of spores are at the apex.
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| Action Level |
Means the Action Level as defined in Title 8, California Code of Regulations, Section 1532.1.
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| Anamorph |
the asexual reproductive state of a fungus. Also referred to as the “imperfect†state.
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| Annelide |
A cell which gives rise to conidia through basipetal production (see Basipetal)
Anthropophilic
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| ANSI |
American National Standards Institute – American Society for Testing and Materials
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| Antibiotic |
A chemical or biological substance that has antimicrobial properties.
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| Arthroconidium |
A conidium formed through disarticulation and liberation of hyphal cells by fission.
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| Asbestos |
The general name given to a number of naturally occurring hydrated mineral silicates, each of which possess a specific crystalline structure, is incombustible in air, and is separable into fibers. Asbestos includes the asbestiform varieties of Chrysotile (serpentine), Crocidolite (riebeckite), Amosite (cummingtonite-grunerite), Anthophyllite, and Actinolite.
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| Asbestos Debris |
Pieces of material which can reasonably be identified by color, texture, or composition as being traceable to a known asbestos-containing application. May mean dust, if the dust is determined by analysis to be PACM.
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| Asbestos-Containing Material (ACM) |
May be defined, as by the EPA, as any friable material or product containing greater than one percent asbestos or, by convention, as any material or product which contains >1% asbestos.
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| Ascospore |
By ascomycetes, sexually reproduced spores within an ascus (larger vesicle
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| Aseptic/Aseptic Technique |
Techniques employed during microbial manipulation that prevent unwanted or undesired microbial growths.
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| Autoclave |
An instrument used for sterilization, usually through high pressure and steam.
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