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Meaning of "flocculants"

Flocculants are substances that promote the clumping or aggregation of particles in a solution to form larger flocs. They are commonly used in water treatment processes or industrial applications to separate solid particles from liquids
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Further advantage is that flocculants are not required.
Flocculants are widely used for waste treatment.
Combinations of these flocculants can also be used.
The flocculants were either cationic or anionic in nature.
It does not require the addition of expensive flocculants.
Various polymeric flocculants are used as dewatering aids.
Acrylamide copolymer type polymers used as flocculants.
Application of flocculants was studied over a range of temperatures.
There are numerous commercial products used as flocculants.
Where necessary flocculants may be added to promote efficiency.
For dosing chemicals and flocculants.
Different flocculants have increased performance at different pH values.
Typical commercial flocculants may be used.
Flocculants began to form in the binder.
Exemplified secondary flocculants are anionic or nonionic.

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Examples are polyelectrolytes which can act as stabilizers or as flocculants.
Typical bridging flocculants are well known.
Problems related to the use of flocculants.
Use of flocculants as draining additives.
Comparative characteristics of the microorganism and flocculants used.
Effect of flocculants on flotation behaviour.
The dewatering of sludge by means of flocculants is well known.
Flocculants at extra cost must often be added to facilitate drainage.
Other water soluble cationic polyelectrolyte flocculants are polyamines.
Cationic polyelectrolyte flocculants are characterized by a high density of positive charge.
The metal salt coagulants also function as flocculants.
Blends of the above listed flocculants can also be used.
This is achieved using very low levels of flocculants.
It is common practice to use flocculants to assist this flocculation process.
Another way of reducing the draining time is to use flocculants.
The polymers are then tested as flocculants in a silica settling application.
Flocculation of mineral suspensions is frequently effected by use of anionic flocculants.
No chemical additions or flocculants were used.
It is another object of this invention to provide novel polymeric flocculants.
Flocculants and coagulants.
Low molecular weight linear polymers are not useful as flocculants.
The anionic and cationic flocculants may be a polyacrylamide and a starch.
Higher molecular weight polymers have generally been used as flocculants.
Flocculants dispersed in water.
The preparation of such flocculants is known to those skilled in the art.
How much do you know about the use of polyacrylamide flocculants.
Anionic flocculants are also in themselves known as wet end retention aids.
A similar effect can be seen with the addition of inorganic flocculants.
Clays and flocculants are known in the art to provide softness to fabrics.
It can be used in conjunction with inorganic flocculants such as polyiron and polyaluminium.
The flocculants can also be used to improve the structure of flocculants.
The volume of solution and flocculants can also affect flocculation.
Polymer flocculants can bridge individual colloidal particles by attractive electrostatic interactions.
It is also already known to use two flocculants of opposite charge in a sequential process.
These flocculants are very effective in spite of the dimensions of refined beet pulps.

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