environmental quality standard

initialism: EQS
synonym: ambient standard
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.14645
Amount concentration or mass concentration of a substance that should not be exceeded in an environmental system, often expressed as a time-weighted average measurement over a defined period.
See: limit value
Source:
PAC, 2009, 81, 829. (Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)) on page 878 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'environmental quality standard' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.14645 RIS BibTex EndNote
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