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Abbreviations
- Base metal
- Non-precious metal (e.g. iron)
- Ce
- Cerium (Cer)
- Cordierite
- Mineral in the silicates category
- CSF
- Catalysed soot filter (catalytically coated filter element)
- DOC
- Diesel oxidation catalyst (oxidation catalyst placed upstream of the filter element)
- FBC
- Fuel-borne catalyst (catalytically active substance)
- Fe
- Iron
- FOEN
- Swiss Federal Office for the Environment, CH-3003 Bern
- nm
- Nanometer (10–9 m)
- OAPC
- Swiss Federal Ordinance on Air Pollution Control (SR 814.318.142.1)
- OAPC amendment
- Amended version of the OAPC (dated 19 September 2008)
- Pd
- Palladium
- Pt
- Platinum
- SiC
- Silicon carbide
- Sintered metal
- Metallic body obtained by sintering of metal powder
- SNR
- Swiss standard (issued by the Swiss Association for Standardisation [SNV])
- SNV
- Swiss Association for Standardisation, CH-8400 Winterthur
- V
- Vanadium
- VERT
- Research project (1994-99) aimed at reducing emissions from machines used for tunnel construction, and name of the resulting suitability test for particle filters.
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