Abbreviations
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BSA - Biological Surface Area
BSF - Black Soldier Fly
BOD – Biological oxygen demand
BP – Barrelponics
CF – Compact fluorescent
CF – Continuous Flow
CF – Conductivity Factor
CFL - Compact Fluorescent Lamps
CHIFT PIST - Constant Height In Fish Tank, Pump In Sump Tank
CHOP - Constant Height One Pump
CSA - Community Supported Agriculture
CMH - Ceramic Metal Halide
DFT - Deep Flow Technique
DI - Deionisation
DO – Dissolved oxygen
DOC – Dissolved organic compounds
DWC – Deep water culture
E& – Ebb and flow (In ebb and flow the water has to drain back down through the pump)
F& – Flood and drain (the water enter the bed in a different location from where it drains back out)
FRC – Floating raft culture
FT – fish tank
GAC - Granulated Activated Carbon/Charcoal
GB – Grow beds
GH – General Hardness, caused by divalent metal ions, primarily calcium and magnesium
GH – Green house
HDI - High Intensity Discharge lamp
HLR - Hydraulic Loading Rate
HPS – High pressure sodium lighting
IBC – Industrial / International / Intermediate bulk container
IMO - Indigenous MicroOrganisms 1,2 & 3
KH – Carbonate Hardness, due to carbonate / bicarbonate ions, and represents the main 'buffering capacity' of the water, i.e. its ability to resist pH changes
L50 – Lethal Concentration 50 usually used for gases in air or in the case of fish concentration in water in ppm. The 50 represents a 50% mortality in test subjects.
LD0 – Lethal Dose 50 at which 50% of the test subjects died. Is usually stated in mg/kg body weight.
LPS - Low Pressure Sodium
Meg/L - Millequivalents per liter
MH – Metal Halide lighting
NC - Normally Closed (refers to relay contacts) contacts closed when relay has no power applied to relay coil (eg 240v), opens when power on
NFT - Nutrient Film Technique
NH3 – Ammonia
NH4 – Ammonium, the ionized form of ammonia
NO - Normally Open (refers to relay contacts) contacts open when relay has no power.
NO2 – Nitrite
NO3 – Nitrate
PAC - Powdered Activated Carbon/Charcoal
PC - Power Compact Lights
pH - acidity or alkalinity of a substance
ppm – Parts per million
ppt - Parts per thousand (i.e. one gram per 1000g or 1Kg per 1000L)
RAS – Recirculating Aquaponics System
RO - Reverse Osmosis
SG - Specific Gravity, meaning the salinity (salt) content of your water.
SHO - Super High Output (refers to lighting)
SLO - Solids Lift Overflow
TAN - Total Ammonia Nitrogen --- Ammonia, NH3, and NH4+
TBPC - Tri-Based Pelletized Carbon
UGF – Under Gravel Filter
UPS - Uninterpretable Power Supply
UV – Ultra Violet
VHO - Very High Output (refers to lighting)
Chemistry
C - Carbon
Ca - Calcium
Cl - Chlorine
Cu - Copper
Fe - Iron
H - Hydrogen
K - Potassium
N - Nitrogen
Na - Sodium
Mg - Magnesium
Mn - Manganese
Ni - Nichel
O - Oxygen
P - Phosphorus
S - Sulfur
Z - Zinc
GH - General hardness (a measure of the concentration of divalent metal ions such as calcium Ca2+, and magnesium Mg2+)
KH - Carbonate hardness (a measure of the alkalinity)
pH - "power/potential of hydrogen" (A measure of the concentration of Hydrogen atoms, H+)
Alkalinity - The capacity of water for neutralizing an acid
Acid - The negative logarithm of the concentration of hydronium ions - substance that increases the concentration of hydronium ions (H3O+) in solution
Base - The positive logarithm of the concentration of hydronium ions -substance that can accept hydrogen ions or more generally, donate a pair of valence electrons. A soluble base is referred to as an alkali if it contains and releases hydroxide ions (OH−)
Ion - An atom or molecule in which the total number of electrons is not equal to the total number of protons
Anions - Negatively charged ions
Cations - Positively charged ions
Chelate - The way ions and molecules bind metal ions to allow the metals to be available to plants as nutrients
Ligand - That which binds to a central metal atom
Divalent - Forming two bonds with other ions or molecules
Anhydrous - Contains no water
CaCO3 - Calcium carbonate (Chalk, agricultural lime)
CaOH2 - Calcium hydroxide (also called slaked lime, hydrated lime, pickling lime, builders lime)
NaHCO3 - Sodium bicarbonate (Baking soda)
KHCO3 - Potassium bicarbonate (an ingredient of baking powder, also used in fire extinguishers)
K2CO3 - Potassium carbonate. (primary component of potash)
KCl - Potassium chloride (available as water softener)
KOH - Potassium hydroxide
K2SO4 - Potassium sulfate
HCO3 - Bicarbonate
HCL - Hydrogen Chloride (forms Hydrochloric acid the aqueous solution of hydrogen chloride)
H2CO3 - Carbonic acid (formed by CO2 and H2O as in club soda, soda water, sparkling water, or seltzer water and acid oceans due to burning fossil fuels)
H2SO4 - Sulfuric acid (Used in acidic drain cleaner, and electrolyte in lead-acid batteries)
HNO3 - Nitric acid
H3PO4 - Phosphoric acid
CO2 - Carbon dioxide
OH − - Hydroxide (functions as a base)
NH4HCO3 - Ammonium bicarbonate
NH4 - Ammonia
NO2− - Nitrite
NO3− - Nitrate
MAP - Magnesium Ammonium Phosphate Hexahydrates
BSA - Biological Surface Area
BSF - Black Soldier Fly
BOD – Biological oxygen demand
BP – Barrelponics
CF – Compact fluorescent
CF – Continuous Flow
CF – Conductivity Factor
CFL - Compact Fluorescent Lamps
CHIFT PIST - Constant Height In Fish Tank, Pump In Sump Tank
CHOP - Constant Height One Pump
CSA - Community Supported Agriculture
CMH - Ceramic Metal Halide
DFT - Deep Flow Technique
DI - Deionisation
DO – Dissolved oxygen
DOC – Dissolved organic compounds
DWC – Deep water culture
E& – Ebb and flow (In ebb and flow the water has to drain back down through the pump)
F& – Flood and drain (the water enter the bed in a different location from where it drains back out)
- timed flood and drain with a stand pipe with holes and a timer or
- siphon flood and drain where the pump runs constant and the bed drains via siphon of some sort.
- Further explanation with diagrams
FRC – Floating raft culture
FT – fish tank
GAC - Granulated Activated Carbon/Charcoal
GB – Grow beds
GH – General Hardness, caused by divalent metal ions, primarily calcium and magnesium
GH – Green house
HDI - High Intensity Discharge lamp
HLR - Hydraulic Loading Rate
HPS – High pressure sodium lighting
IBC – Industrial / International / Intermediate bulk container
IMO - Indigenous MicroOrganisms 1,2 & 3
KH – Carbonate Hardness, due to carbonate / bicarbonate ions, and represents the main 'buffering capacity' of the water, i.e. its ability to resist pH changes
L50 – Lethal Concentration 50 usually used for gases in air or in the case of fish concentration in water in ppm. The 50 represents a 50% mortality in test subjects.
LD0 – Lethal Dose 50 at which 50% of the test subjects died. Is usually stated in mg/kg body weight.
LPS - Low Pressure Sodium
Meg/L - Millequivalents per liter
MH – Metal Halide lighting
NC - Normally Closed (refers to relay contacts) contacts closed when relay has no power applied to relay coil (eg 240v), opens when power on
NFT - Nutrient Film Technique
NH3 – Ammonia
NH4 – Ammonium, the ionized form of ammonia
NO - Normally Open (refers to relay contacts) contacts open when relay has no power.
NO2 – Nitrite
NO3 – Nitrate
PAC - Powdered Activated Carbon/Charcoal
PC - Power Compact Lights
pH - acidity or alkalinity of a substance
ppm – Parts per million
ppt - Parts per thousand (i.e. one gram per 1000g or 1Kg per 1000L)
RAS – Recirculating Aquaponics System
RO - Reverse Osmosis
SG - Specific Gravity, meaning the salinity (salt) content of your water.
SHO - Super High Output (refers to lighting)
SLO - Solids Lift Overflow
TAN - Total Ammonia Nitrogen --- Ammonia, NH3, and NH4+
TBPC - Tri-Based Pelletized Carbon
UGF – Under Gravel Filter
UPS - Uninterpretable Power Supply
UV – Ultra Violet
VHO - Very High Output (refers to lighting)
Chemistry
C - Carbon
Ca - Calcium
Cl - Chlorine
Cu - Copper
Fe - Iron
H - Hydrogen
K - Potassium
N - Nitrogen
Na - Sodium
Mg - Magnesium
Mn - Manganese
Ni - Nichel
O - Oxygen
P - Phosphorus
S - Sulfur
Z - Zinc
GH - General hardness (a measure of the concentration of divalent metal ions such as calcium Ca2+, and magnesium Mg2+)
KH - Carbonate hardness (a measure of the alkalinity)
pH - "power/potential of hydrogen" (A measure of the concentration of Hydrogen atoms, H+)
Alkalinity - The capacity of water for neutralizing an acid
Acid - The negative logarithm of the concentration of hydronium ions - substance that increases the concentration of hydronium ions (H3O+) in solution
Base - The positive logarithm of the concentration of hydronium ions -substance that can accept hydrogen ions or more generally, donate a pair of valence electrons. A soluble base is referred to as an alkali if it contains and releases hydroxide ions (OH−)
Ion - An atom or molecule in which the total number of electrons is not equal to the total number of protons
Anions - Negatively charged ions
Cations - Positively charged ions
Chelate - The way ions and molecules bind metal ions to allow the metals to be available to plants as nutrients
Ligand - That which binds to a central metal atom
Divalent - Forming two bonds with other ions or molecules
Anhydrous - Contains no water
CaCO3 - Calcium carbonate (Chalk, agricultural lime)
CaOH2 - Calcium hydroxide (also called slaked lime, hydrated lime, pickling lime, builders lime)
NaHCO3 - Sodium bicarbonate (Baking soda)
KHCO3 - Potassium bicarbonate (an ingredient of baking powder, also used in fire extinguishers)
K2CO3 - Potassium carbonate. (primary component of potash)
KCl - Potassium chloride (available as water softener)
KOH - Potassium hydroxide
K2SO4 - Potassium sulfate
HCO3 - Bicarbonate
HCL - Hydrogen Chloride (forms Hydrochloric acid the aqueous solution of hydrogen chloride)
H2CO3 - Carbonic acid (formed by CO2 and H2O as in club soda, soda water, sparkling water, or seltzer water and acid oceans due to burning fossil fuels)
H2SO4 - Sulfuric acid (Used in acidic drain cleaner, and electrolyte in lead-acid batteries)
HNO3 - Nitric acid
H3PO4 - Phosphoric acid
CO2 - Carbon dioxide
OH − - Hydroxide (functions as a base)
NH4HCO3 - Ammonium bicarbonate
NH4 - Ammonia
NO2− - Nitrite
NO3− - Nitrate
MAP - Magnesium Ammonium Phosphate Hexahydrates
