Coagulation vs. Flocculation
Coagulationnoun
The precipitation of suspended particles as they increase in size (by any of several physical or chemical processes)
Coagulationnoun
The process by which blood forms solid clots.
Coagulationnoun
Similar solidification of other materials (e.g. of tofu).
Coagulationnoun
The change from a liquid to a thickened, curdlike, insoluble state, not by evaporation, but by some kind of chemical reaction; as, the spontaneous coagulation of freshly drawn blood; the coagulation of milk by rennet, or acid, and the coagulation of egg albumin by heat. Coagulation is generally the change of an albuminous body into an insoluble modification.
Coagulationnoun
The substance or body formed by coagulation.
Coagulationnoun
the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid
Coagulation
Coagulation, also known as clotting, is the process by which blood changes from a liquid to a gel, forming a blood clot. It potentially results in hemostasis, the cessation of blood loss from a damaged vessel, followed by repair.
Flocculationnoun
A condition in which clays, polymers or other small charged particles become attached and form a fragile structure, a floc.
Flocculationnoun
The process by which small particles of fine soils and sediments aggregate into larger lumps.
Flocculationnoun
the process of flocculating; forming woolly cloudlike aggregations
Flocculation
Flocculation, in the field of chemistry, is a process by which colloidal particles come out of suspension to sediment under the form of floc 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, in a liquid and are not truly dissolved in solution.Coagulation and flocculation are important processes in water treatment with coagulation aimed to destabilize and aggregate particles through chemical interactions between the coagulant and colloids, and flocculation to sediment the destabilized particles by causing their aggregation into floc.
