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Acid-Rock Drainage

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-000308

When rocks containing sulfide minerals are exposed to air, their oxidation forms sulfuric acid in the water draining from around the rock.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-000308
FieldEnvironment
AbbreviationARD
ReferencesEPA EV-Environmental Events-Discharges, Emissions and Releases
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-000308",
  "term": "Acid-Rock Drainage",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "When rocks containing sulfide minerals are exposed to air, their oxidation forms sulfuric acid in the water draining from around the rock.",
  "abbreviation": "ARD",
  "references": [
    "EPA EV-Environmental Events-Discharges, Emissions and Releases"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/acid-rock-drainage/"
}

Record 308 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.