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{{Infobox technology|Name=Flocculation|Category=[[Post-processing]] | {{Infobox technology|Name=Flocculation|Category=[[Pre-processing]] ([[Pre-processing#Separation_technologies|Separation technologies]]), [[Post-processing]] ([[Post-processing#Separation_technologies|Separation technologies]])|Product=Solid phase (flocs) and liquid phase|Feedstock=Liquid phase with solid particles and, if applicable, flocculant}} | ||
<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> or separated by sedimentation. 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> or separated by sedimentation. 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> | ||