Flocculation, the Glossary
In colloidal chemistry, flocculation is a process by which colloidal particles come out of suspension to sediment in the form of floc or flake, either spontaneously or due to the addition of a clarifying agent.[1]
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61 relations: Ale, Alum, Aluminium sulfate, Bioreactor, Biotechnology, Cheese, Chelation, Chitosan, Civil engineering, Clarifying agent, Clay, Coagulation (water treatment), Coalescence (chemistry), Colloid, Compendium of Macromolecular Nomenclature, Curd, Drinking water, Earth science, Effluent, Einstein relation (kinetic theory), Emulsion, Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, Eutrophication, Fermentation, Filtration, Gaithersburg, Maryland, Hydrolysis, Interface and colloid science, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Ion, Ionic strength, Iron(II) sulfate, Iron(III) chloride, Lager, Medical laboratory, Micelle, Microfiltration, Particle aggregation, Particulates, Peptization, PH, Phosphate, Precipitation (chemistry), Pure and Applied Chemistry, Rapid plasma reagin, Rennet, Sedimentation, Sedimentation (water treatment), Settling, Sewage treatment, ... Expand index (11 more) »
Ale
Ale is a type of beer, brewed using a warm fermentation method.
Alum
An alum is a type of chemical compound, usually a hydrated double sulfate salt of aluminium with the general formula, such that is a monovalent cation such as potassium or ammonium.
Aluminium sulfate
Aluminium sulfate is a salt with the formula Al2(SO4)3. Flocculation and Aluminium sulfate are water treatment.
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Bioreactor
A bioreactor is any manufactured device or system that supports a biologically active environment.
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Biotechnology
Biotechnology is a multidisciplinary field that involves the integration of natural sciences and engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms and parts thereof for products and services.
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Cheese
Cheese is a dairy product produced in a range of flavors, textures, and forms by coagulation of the milk protein casein.
Chelation
Chelation is a type of bonding of ions and the molecules to metal ions.
See Flocculation and Chelation
Chitosan
Chitosan is a linear polysaccharide composed of randomly distributed β-(1→4)-linked D-glucosamine (deacetylated unit) and ''N''-acetyl-D-glucosamine (acetylated unit).
Civil engineering
Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewage systems, pipelines, structural components of buildings, and railways.
See Flocculation and Civil engineering
Clarifying agent
Clarifying agents are used to remove suspended solids from liquids by inducing flocculation, causing the solids to form larger aggregates that can be easily removed after they either float to the surface or sink to the bottom of the containment vessel. Flocculation and Clarifying agent are water treatment.
See Flocculation and Clarifying agent
Clay
Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolinite, Al2Si2O5(OH)4).
Coagulation (water treatment)
In water treatment, coagulation and flocculation involve the addition of compounds that promote the clumping of fine floc into larger floc so that they can be more easily separated from the water. Flocculation and coagulation (water treatment) are water treatment.
See Flocculation and Coagulation (water treatment)
Coalescence (chemistry)
In chemistry, coalescence is a process in which two phase domains of the same composition come together and form a larger phase domain.
See Flocculation and Coalescence (chemistry)
Colloid
A colloid is a mixture in which one substance consisting of microscopically dispersed insoluble particles is suspended throughout another substance.
Compendium of Macromolecular Nomenclature
The Compendium of Macromolecular Nomenclature, by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), provides definition of polymer related terms and rules of nomenclature of polymers.
See Flocculation and Compendium of Macromolecular Nomenclature
Curd
Curd is obtained by coagulating milk in a sequential process called curdling.
Drinking water
Drinking water or potable water is water that is safe for ingestion, either when drunk directly in liquid form or consumed indirectly through food preparation.
See Flocculation and Drinking water
Earth science
Earth science or geoscience includes all fields of natural science related to the planet Earth.
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Effluent
Effluent is wastewater from sewers or industrial outfalls that flows directly into surface waters, either untreated or after being treated at a facility.
Einstein relation (kinetic theory)
In physics (specifically, the kinetic theory of gases), the Einstein relation is a previously unexpected connection revealed independently by William Sutherland in 1904, Albert Einstein in 1905, and by Marian Smoluchowski in 1906 in their works on Brownian motion.
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Emulsion
An emulsion is a mixture of two or more liquids that are normally immiscible (unmixable or unblendable) owing to liquid-liquid phase separation.
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), also called EDTA acid after its own abbreviation, is an aminopolycarboxylic acid with the formula 2.
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Eutrophication
Eutrophication is a general term describing a process in which nutrients accumulate in a body of water, resulting in an increased growth of microorganisms that may deplete the oxygen of water.
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Fermentation
Fermentation is a metabolic process that produces chemical changes in organic substances through the action of enzymes.
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Filtration
Filtration is a physical separation process that separates solid matter and fluid from a mixture using a filter medium that has a complex structure through which only the fluid can pass. Flocculation and Filtration are separation processes.
See Flocculation and Filtration
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Gaithersburg is a city in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.
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Hydrolysis
Hydrolysis is any chemical reaction in which a molecule of water breaks one or more chemical bonds.
See Flocculation and Hydrolysis
Interface and colloid science
Interface and colloid science is an interdisciplinary intersection of branches of chemistry, physics, nanoscience and other fields dealing with colloids, heterogeneous systems consisting of a mechanical mixture of particles between 1 nm and 1000 nm dispersed in a continuous medium.
See Flocculation and Interface and colloid science
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is an international federation of National Adhering Organizations working for the advancement of the chemical sciences, especially by developing nomenclature and terminology.
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Ion
An ion is an atom or molecule with a net electrical charge.
Ionic strength
The ionic strength of a solution is a measure of the concentration of ions in that solution.
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Iron(II) sulfate
Iron(II) sulfate (British English: iron(II) sulphate) or ferrous sulfate denotes a range of salts with the formula FeSO4·xH2O.
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Iron(III) chloride
Iron(III) chloride describes the inorganic compounds with the formula (H2O)x.
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Lager
Lager is a type of beer brewed and conditioned at low temperature.
Medical laboratory
A medical laboratory or clinical laboratory is a laboratory where tests are conducted out on clinical specimens to obtain information about the health of a patient to aid in diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.
See Flocculation and Medical laboratory
Micelle
A micelle or micella (or micellae, respectively) is an aggregate (or supramolecular assembly) of surfactant amphipathic lipid molecules dispersed in a liquid, forming a colloidal suspension (also known as associated colloidal system).
Microfiltration
Microfiltration is a type of physical filtration process where a contaminated fluid is passed through a special pore-sized membrane filter to separate microorganisms and suspended particles from process liquid.
See Flocculation and Microfiltration
Particle aggregation
Particle agglomeration refers to the formation of assemblages in a suspension and represents a mechanism leading to the functional destabilization of colloidal systems.
See Flocculation and Particle aggregation
Particulates
Particulates or atmospheric particulate matter (see below for other names) are microscopic particles of solid or liquid matter suspended in the air.
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Peptization
The peptization of a liquid mixture is the process of converting the mixture into a colloid by shaking it with a suitable electrolyte called a peptizing agent.
See Flocculation and Peptization
PH
In chemistry, pH, also referred to as acidity or basicity, historically denotes "potential of hydrogen" (or "power of hydrogen").
Phosphate
In chemistry, a phosphate is an anion, salt, functional group or ester derived from a phosphoric acid.
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Precipitation (chemistry)
In an aqueous solution, precipitation is the "sedimentation of a solid material (a precipitate) from a liquid solution".
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Pure and Applied Chemistry
Pure and Applied Chemistry is the official journal for the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).
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Rapid plasma reagin
The rapid plasma reagin test (RPR test or RPR titer) is a type of rapid diagnostic test that looks for non-specific antibodies in the blood of the patient that may indicate an infection by syphilis or related non-venereal treponematoses.
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Rennet
Rennet is a complex set of enzymes produced in the stomachs of ruminant mammals.
Sedimentation
Sedimentation is the deposition of sediments.
See Flocculation and Sedimentation
Sedimentation (water treatment)
The physical process of sedimentation (the act of depositing sediment) has applications in water treatment, whereby gravity acts to remove suspended solids from water. Flocculation and sedimentation (water treatment) are separation processes, Sewerage and water treatment.
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Settling
Settling is the process by which particulates move towards the bottom of a liquid and form a sediment.
Sewage treatment
Sewage treatment (or domestic wastewater treatment, municipal wastewater treatment) is a type of wastewater treatment which aims to remove contaminants from sewage to produce an effluent that is suitable to discharge to the surrounding environment or an intended reuse application, thereby preventing water pollution from raw sewage discharges. Flocculation and sewage treatment are Sewerage.
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Sludge
Sludge is a semi-solid slurry that can be produced from a range of industrial processes, from water treatment, wastewater treatment or on-site sanitation systems. Flocculation and Sludge are Sewerage.
Slurry
A slurry is a mixture of denser solids suspended in liquid, usually water.
Sodium silicate
Sodium silicate is a generic name for chemical compounds with the formula or ·, such as sodium metasilicate, sodium orthosilicate, and sodium pyrosilicate.
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Solution (chemistry)
In chemistry, a solution is a special type of homogeneous mixture composed of two or more substances.
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Structure
A structure is an arrangement and organization of interrelated elements in a material object or system, or the object or system so organized.
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Sulfate
The sulfate or sulphate ion is a polyatomic anion with the empirical formula.
Suspension (chemistry)
In chemistry, a suspension is a heterogeneous mixture of a fluid that contains solid particles sufficiently large for sedimentation.
See Flocculation and Suspension (chemistry)
Wastewater treatment
Wastewater treatment is a process which removes and eliminates contaminants from wastewater.
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Water purification
Water purification is the process of removing undesirable chemicals, biological contaminants, suspended solids, and gases from water. Flocculation and water purification are water treatment.
See Flocculation and Water purification
Yeast flocculation
Yeast flocculation typically refers to the reversible clumping together (flocculation) of brewing yeast once the sugar in a wort has been fermented into beer.
See Flocculation and Yeast flocculation
Zeta potential
Zeta potential is the electrical potential at the slipping plane.
See Flocculation and Zeta potential
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flocculation
Also known as Bioflocculation, Cat-floc, Cationic Flocculation, Chemical addition wastewater treatment, Deflocculant, Deflocculation, Deflocculent, Flocculants, Flocculate, Flocculating, Flocculating agent, Flocculation tests, Flocculent, Flockulation, Flocs, Floculation.
, Sludge, Slurry, Sodium silicate, Solution (chemistry), Structure, Sulfate, Suspension (chemistry), Wastewater treatment, Water purification, Yeast flocculation, Zeta potential.