Glossary Terms

Resistance to attack by chemical action. This term is often applied to the resistance of ion exchange resins to breakdown due to contact with aggressive solutions.

A chemical compound sometimes fed to water to tie up undesirable metal ions, keep them in solution, and eliminate or reduce the normal effects of the […]

To form a complex chemical compound in which an ion, usually metallic, is bound into a stable ring structure.

A valve which will only allow water to pass in one direction but will close to prevent flow (backflow) in the opposite direction.

an adsorbent carbon product which has about one-third the surface area of activated carbon.

The flow of water or other solution through a limited number of passages in a filter or ion exchanger bed, instead of distributed flow through all […]

Abbreviation for “carbon chloroform extract”.

The common name for sodium hydroxide.

1. Caustic soda (NaOH) or any compound chemically similar to caustic soda. 2. Any substance capable of burning or destroying animal flesh or tissue. The term […]