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Flocculation vs Sedimentation - What's the difference?

flocculation | sedimentation |

As nouns the difference between flocculation and sedimentation

is that flocculation is a condition in which clays, polymers or other small charged particles become attached and form a fragile structure, a floc while sedimentation is sedimentation.

flocculation

English

Noun

  • A condition in which clays, polymers or other small charged particles become attached and form a fragile structure, a floc.

    • Antonyms

    * deflocculation

    See also

    * aggregation

    sedimentation

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia sedimentation) (en noun)
  • The separation of a suspension of solid particles into a concentrated slurry and a supernatant liquid, either to concentrate the solid or to clarify the liquid

    • Derived terms

    *sedimentation constant *sedimentation rate