Definition of Flocculant

1. Noun. A flocculating agent ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Flocculant

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flocculant

flobby
flobs
floc
flocced
flocci
floccillation
floccinaucinihilipilificate
floccinaucinihilipilificated
floccinaucinihilipilificates
floccinaucinihilipilificating
floccinaucinihilipilification
floccing
floccose
floccose chanterelle
flocculable
flocculant (current term)
flocculants
floccular
floccular fossa
flocculate
flocculated
flocculates
flocculating
flocculation
flocculation reaction
flocculation test
flocculation tests
flocculations
flocculator
flocculators

Literary usage of Flocculant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bioremediation: The Tokyo '94 Workshop by Tokyo '94 Workshop (1994), OECD Staff, Yoshitaka Ando, OECD, Salomon Wald (1995)
"10 ml of this culture broth contained about 0.1 mg crude flocculant. ... Both flocculant production and cell growth were greatly affected by the addition of ..."

2. The School of Mines Quarterly by Columbia University School of Chemistry (1898)
"The action of alkalies, their carbonates, phosphates and oxalates is anti- flocculant in most cases. Lime and metallic hydrates have some flocculating ..."

3. The School of Mines Quarterly by Columbia University School of Chemistry (1898)
"The action of alkalies, their carbonates, phosphates and oxalates is anti- flocculant in most cases. Lime and metallic hydrates have some flocculating ..."

4. Wood Preserving Industry: Guides to Pollution Prevention by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"Steam condensate from creosote treatment is treated with a flocculant to settle contained creosote, and the pH is adjusted to 3.6 to 4.0. ..."

5. Code of Federal Regulations: Parts 170 to 199 Revised as of April 1, 2005 by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Staff (2005)
"... contact with food under conditions of use E through G described in table 2 of paragraph (c) of this section. For use only as a flocculant, drainage aid, ..."

6. Legislative Document by New York (State). Legislature (1920)
"With diamine sky-blue a flocculant could not be used because of its effect on the dye. After clarification the supernatant dye solution was compared with a ..."

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