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Appendix 6 – Glossary
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
AOAC – Association of Analytical Communities
ASTM – American Society for Testing and Materials
BNQ – Bureau de Normalisation du Quebec (a member of the National Standards System of
Canada, involved in developing product and process standards for Canadians)
C – Carbon
CaCO 3 – Calcium Carbonate
C org – Organic Carbon
CCME – Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
CSIRO – Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia
dS – decisiemens
dS/m – decisiemens per meter
dry wt – dry weight
EC – Electrical Conductivity
EPA – Environmental Protection Agency, United States
EU – European Union
g – gram
GHG – Greenhouse Gas
H – Hydrogen
HCl – hydrochloric acid
HMIS – Hazardous Materials Identification System
IBI – International Biochar Initiative
ICP – Inductively Coupled Plasma
IEEE – Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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