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Parts Per Trillion

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-020330

1. One ppt is comparable to one drop in a swimming pool covering the area of a football field 43 ft. deep.

2. Number of parts of a chemical found in one trillion parts of a particular gas, liquid or solid. See concentration.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-020330
FieldEnvironment
SubjectChemicals, toxics and pesticides
Abbreviationppt
ReferencesEnvironmental Issues Terms & Acronyms; Pesticides Glossary; Glossary of Climate Change Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "term": "Parts Per Trillion",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. One ppt is comparable to one drop in a swimming pool covering the area of a football field 43 ft. deep.\n\n2. Number of parts of a chemical found in one trillion parts of a particular gas, liquid or solid. See concentration.",
  "abbreviation": "ppt",
  "subject": "Chemicals, toxics and pesticides",
  "references": [
    "Environmental Issues Terms & Acronyms; Pesticides Glossary",
    "Glossary of Climate Change Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/parts-per-trillion/"
}

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