Difference between revisions of "Flocculation"

<onlyinclude>'''Flocculation''' refers to the "reversible aggregation of colloidal particles to larger particles that can be filtered"<ref>{{Cite book|author=Peter W. Atkins, Loretta Jones|year=2006|book_title=Chemie - einfach alles|publisher=Wiley-VCH|place=Weinheim|ISBN=978-3-527-31579-6}}</ref>. The IUPAC Gold Book uses coagulation and flocculation as synonyms of agglomeration and defines agglomeration as a "process of contact and adhesion whereby dispersed particles are held together by weak physical interactions ultimately leading to phase separation by the formation of precipitates of larger than colloidal size."<ref>{{Cite web|Author=The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)|title=IUPAC - agglomeration (except in polymer science) (A00182)|url=https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/A00182|year=|e-pub date=|date accessed=January 31, 2022}}</ref>

<onlyinclude>'''Flocculation''' refers to the "reversible aggregation of colloidal particles to larger particles that can be filtered"<ref>{{Cite book|author=Peter W. Atkins, Loretta Jones|year=2006|book_title=Chemie - einfach alles|publisher=Wiley-VCH|place=Weinheim|ISBN=978-3-527-31579-6}}</ref>. The IUPAC Gold Book uses coagulation and flocculation as synonyms of agglomeration and defines agglomeration as a "process of contact and adhesion whereby dispersed particles are held together by weak physical interactions ultimately leading to phase separation by the formation of precipitates of larger than colloidal size."<ref>{{Cite web|Author=The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)|title=IUPAC - agglomeration (except in polymer science) (A00182)|url=https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/A00182|year=|e-pub date=|date accessed=January 31, 2022}}</ref>