Coagulation and flocculation may be broadly described as chemical and physical processes that mix coagulating chemicals and flocculation aids with water. The overall purpose is to form particles large ...

Dispersion, selective coagulation and flocculation are the major accessories of the mineral engineering field. The organic and inorganic chemicals used in these functions belong to a group of ...

IT has been found that silica and certain silicates undergo a slow change of surface properties when kept in water, their suspensions becoming resistant to flocculation by polyacrylamide.