Flocculationnoun
A condition in which clays, polymers or other small charged particles become attached and form a fragile structure, a floc.
Coalescencenoun
The act of coalescing.
Flocculationnoun
The process by which small particles of fine soils and sediments aggregate into larger lumps.
Coalescencenoun
(phonology) The merging of two segments into one.
Flocculationnoun
the process of flocculating; forming woolly cloudlike aggregations
Coalescencenoun
The act or state of growing together, as similar parts; the act of uniting by natural affinity or attraction; the state of being united; union; concretion.
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.
Coalescencenoun
the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts
