flocculation
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Research
11,746 papers- Flocculation and me.Water research · 2017
- Coagulation/flocculation in dewatering of sludge: A review.Water research · 2018
- The Use of Flocculation as a Preconcentration Step in the Microalgae Harvesting Process.Physiologia plantarum · 2025
- Flocculation of Chlorella vulgaris-induced algal blooms: critical conditions and mechanisms.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2022
- Microalgae Flocculation: Assessment of Extraction Yields and Biological Activity.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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In colloidal chemistry, flocculation is a process by which colloidal particles come out of suspension to sediment in the form of or flake, either spontaneously or due to the addition of a clarifying agent. The action differs from precipitation in that, prior to flocculation, colloids are merely suspended, under the form of a stable dispersion (where the internal phase (solid) is dispersed throughout the external phase (fluid) through mechanical agitation) and are not truly dissolved in solution.
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