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n. - A small loosely aggregated mass of fluffy looking material suspended in or precipitated from a liquid.

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  • ALUM: Forms "floc" (snowflakes) to trap impurities
  • The 'floc' forms as a result of the coagulants added during the previous stage and serves to combine the colloids into larger masses.
  • To achieve this, coagulation processes involve the addition of a chemical salt to electrically charge small water borne particles (known as 'colloidal matter') so that they...
  • The efficiency of floc formations is contingent on the frequency of particle-to-particle contact.
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