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- floc
- A loosely clumped mass of fine particles. (Oxforddictionaries.com[1])
- A flocculent mass of fine particles and colloidal material. (OED)
- A floccule; a soft or fluffy particle suspended in a liquid, or the fluffy mass of suspended particles so formed. (Wiktionary)
- a flocculent mass (merriam-webster.com)
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In colloid chemistry, flocculation refers to the process by which fine particulates are caused to clump together into a floc.
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PAM is a water-soluble polymer that clumps the fine, suspended particles typical of swine manure into larger particles, or flocs.
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Microsand particles and polymer are added to the floc in the same tank.
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Because of the difficulties of moving the floc, emptying the tanks could take up to six months.
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This broadens the definition, because many of the self-buoyant microbes and plankton are collected in flocs as well.
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The flocs dispersed immediately when cells were resuspended in a glucose-citrate buffer.
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The flocs in the activated sludge system perform the same function of purification as the zooglea layer on the percolating filter.
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When sewage containing a suitable supply of dissolved oxygen is agitated..the fine suspended matter and the colloidal substances here gather into small aggregations called flocculi or floc. [Note] The word ‘floc’ as used herein, signifies a single sponge-like mass or an aggregation of such masses.
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