Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

trihalomethane

Lithuanian translation:

TTHM - 'salutinis produktas chloruotame vandenyje.

Added to glossary by LIGA LINSSEN
Aug 23, 2004 07:33
19 yrs ago
English term

trihalomethane

English to Lithuanian Other Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng
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trihalomethane - TTHM - šalutinis produktas chloruotame vandenyje.

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM) are a byproduct of chlorinating water that contains natural organics.
TTHM chemistry and measurements

Trihalomethanes are a group of organic chemicals formed in water when chlorine reacts with natural organic matter (such as humic acids from decaying vegetation). Humic acids are present in all natural water used as sources of drinking water. Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) are not a single chemical but a class of compounds that includes:

chloroform (CHCl3)
bromoform (CHBr3)
dichlorobromomethane (CHCl2Br)
dibromochloromethane (CHClBr2)

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