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EB

Enterobacteriacae.


Edec

Electronic Document, MPR Export document.

Effect

Different stages (each consisting of a calandria and vapour separator) of an evaporator operating at different pressures. Effects are linked together to form a multiple effect evaporator.

Effective

When something does what it is supposed to do.

Efficient

When something is done the quickest, easiest way.

Efficiently

To do something in an organised way with the minimum use of resources, time and effort.

Effluent

Waste products from processing activities.

Electrically conductive

Able to carry electricity.

Eliminate

Get rid of the hazard.

Emulsion

A mixture of two or more liquids that are normally not mixable. For example, if you shake up a mixture of oil and water, you form an oil-in-water emulsion – where tiny droplets of oil are dispersed through the water.

Enforcement

Things that can be done if you don’t follow the law.

Enzyme

A protein found in living things that help chemical changes to happen.

EOR

End Of Run.

EPA

Environmental Protection Authority - this is a government organization that looks after applications for major development projects of national significance and regulates new organisms, hazardous substances and chemicals. They also help industries work safely with hazardous substances.

ERT

Emergency Response Team.

Ethanol

A pure form of alcohol which kills microorganisms.

Evacuate

To leave your work area and go to the assembly point.

Evaporate

Turning a liquid into a gas by heating it. For example, turning water into water vapour.

Exclude

Keep out.

Excreting

Discharging waste

Exposure plate

An agar plate is left exposed to the air for a certain period of time. Microorganisms in the air will settle on the agar surface.

Extrusion

Extrusion is a process used to create objects of a fixed cross-sectional profile (shape). A material is pushed through a die of the desired cross-section.

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