Syn. suspended sediment.
Flocculants are products used in waste treatment to separate unwanted components from water and sludge.
Swimming pool chemistry: Essentially the same as a coagulant, this chemical (such as alum) is used to combined suspended alkaline material and/or algae into a heavy gel, which sinks to the bottom for vacumning.
visible aggregation that forms between a substance in suspension (e.g., lipid in water) and antibodies against the substance
Flocculation is the second step in separation process, where impurities in the water are collected to larger flocculated particles with the aid of flocculant. The flocculant in the water treatment is usually a charged polymer with very high molecular weight. In the flocculation the coagulated particles are bound together and even larger flocculated...
a chemical for producing flocculation of suspended particles, as to improve the plasticity of clay for ceramic purposes.