Chemical Abstract Service

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-004710",
  "term": "Chemical Abstract Service",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Since the 1890s, CAS has been assigning identification numbers to chemicals that companies register with them. Every year, CAS updates and writes new chemical abstracts on well over a million different chemicals, including their composition, structure, characteristics, and all the different names of that chemical. CAS On-Line is a computer network available to individual and business account holders to receive information about specific chemicals of concern. Each abstract is accompanied by the CAS number.\n\n2. Provides information on chemical properties and interactions.",
  "abbreviation": "CAS",
  "subject": "Air",
  "references": [
    "Environmental Issues Terms & Acronyms",
    "Emissions Inventory System Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/chemical-abstract-service/"
}