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substances > chemicals

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Created: 1981-01-09T00:00:00Z

Notation: 1520

chemicals  

Definition

  • Information Any substance consisting of matter in a specific composition that cannot be separated into its constituent elements by physical separation methods, i.e., without breaking chemical bonds, and can be processed or manufactured to be used on a commercial scale in products or manufacturing. This includes both organic and inorganic substances, pure chemical elements and chemical compounds.

    Created: 4/13/26

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  • Industrial products; use only when a more specific descriptor is not available (en)

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http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1520

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