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Pollutant vs Electroflotation - What's the difference?

pollutant | electroflotation |

As nouns the difference between pollutant and electroflotation

is that pollutant is a foreign substance that makes something dirty, or impure, especially waste from human activities while electroflotation is (chemistry|environmental engineering) removal of pollutants from water through the electrolytic generation of bubbles which collect pollutants and carry them to the surface.

pollutant

Noun

(en noun)
  • A foreign substance that makes something dirty, or impure, especially waste from human activities.
  • electroflotation

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (chemistry, environmental engineering) Removal of pollutants from water through the electrolytic generation of bubbles which collect pollutants and carry them to the surface
  • *{{quote-book, 1997, Krishnan Rajeshwar & Jorge G. Ibanez, Environmental Electrochemistry citation
  • , passage=Pulsed electrogeneration of bubbles for electroflotation yields optimum-sized bubbles that are independent of solution conditions.}}

    Synonyms

    *electrofloat

    Derived terms

    *electroflotational *electroflotator