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- noun Plural form of
flocculant .
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Reuters/China Daily Paramilitary soldiers poured flocculants into a tank filled with water samples from the polluted river at a hydropower plant in Liuzhou.
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OTHER: Peeled roots and branches are excellent flocculants (Tana River).
Chapter 7 1999
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Certain chemical stabilizers work in this way, including certain acids, polymers, flocculants, etc.
Chapter 6 1995
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Common flocculants are: Epsom salts (magnesium sulfate), calcium chloride, calcium nitrate and borax.
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Sodium silicate and soda ash are the most common deflocculants and they are prepared in the same way as flocculants.
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CAUTION: Binders, deflocculants or flocculants should only be added after the glaze is ball-milled.
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- Natural clays contain soluble salts, and these will act as flocculants, increasing the necessary amount of deflocculants.
7. Slip casting 1991
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- Addition of frit as a body flux may also introduce flocculants, since the frit may be slightly soluble.
7. Slip casting 1991
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Although bacteria have a slight advantage over the other microorganisms as a food source because of their higher growth rates and relatively higher protein content and sulphur-containing amino acids (28), they have been objected to because of their size, which makes harvesting difficult without the use of flocculants or thickeners (29).
Chapter 7 1983
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The company is also one of Europe's biggest suppliers of flocculants for water treatment and it also makes specialty additives as well as wood protection products.
unknown title 2011
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