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floc

 (flŏk)
n.
A flocculent mass formed in a fluid through precipitation or aggregation of suspended particles.

[Short for flocculus.]
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floc

(flɒk)
n
(Chemistry) another word for floccule
[C20: from Latin floccus a tuft of wool, flock2]
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floc

(flɒk)

n.
a tuftlike mass, as in a chemical precipitate.
[1920–25]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.floc - a small loosely aggregated mass of flocculent material suspended in or precipitated from a liquid
material, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"
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The property continues to exhibit stable performance; and therefore, is not considered a FLOC.
Besides, the excessive [H.sup.+] ions associating with the strong acid environment resulted in the strong electrostatic repulsion between the E1 colloids and prevented the floc growth and decreased the flocculation efficiency.
The proposed method employs the fractional lower order correlation (FLOC).
While FLOC creates clusters in the network, there are no structures established for connecting these clusters and enabling communication between clusters.
Then the system injects ultrafine sand that binds to floc and drags it to the bottom of a tube-lined tank.
This project investigates the viability of analyzing floc particles online to help optimize and control the treatment process of surface water plants.
In order to describe the separation performance under the influence of the type F flocculant we will use a fractal dimension of the formed flocs. A floc that is composed of N primary particles of radius [R.sub.o] (assumed to be 5 [micro]m--based on image analysis of many sample photos) can be described using the following power law scaling relation (Mandelbrot, 1987)
Beatriz Maya is the education director of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) and the National Coalition for Dignity and Amnesty for Immigrants (NCDA).
In the ballasted flocculation process, however, microsand--fine sand similar to silica powder--is added as seed for the development of high-density floc. Ballasted by the relatively high-density microsand, the floc settles more rapidly, allowing for the removal of solids at a very high surface overflow rate.