Depletion

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Depletion may refer to:

Environment

  • Resource depletion, decline of resources
  • Gas depletion, decline of oil supply
  • Nutrient depletion, loss of nutrients in a habitat
  • Oil depletion, decline of oil supply
  • Overdrafting, extracting groundwater beyond the equilibrium yield of an aquifer
  • Ozone depletion, a decline in the total amount of ozone in Earth's atmosphere

Physics

  • Depletion force, an effective force in molecular and colloidal systems
  • Depletion region, in semiconductor physics
  • Grain boundary depletion, a mechanism of corrosion

Other uses

  • Depleted uranium
  • Ego depletion, idea that self-control or willpower draws upon a limited pool of mental resources that can be used up
  • Depletion (accounting), an accounting and tax concept used in mining, timber, petroleum, or other similar industries
  • T-cell depletion, process of T cell removal or reduction
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