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What is the noun for flocculants?

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flock
  1. A large number of birds, especially those gathered together for the purpose of migration.
  2. A large number of animals, especially sheep or goats kept together.
  3. Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd.
  4. A large number of people.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “The farm has a flock of 85 sheep, but there are plans to build up the numbers by keeping some of the ewe lambs for breeding stock this year.”
      “Further out to sea, a flock of gannets rested on the surface, digesting their meal.”
      “One year, as she'd stepped off the plane to Cyprus, a whole flock of people had gathered around her.”
flock
  1. Coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding
  2. A lock of wool or hair.
  3. Very fine sifted woollen refuse, especially that from shearing the nap of cloths, formerly used as a coating for wallpaper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also, the dust of vegetable fibre used for a similar purpose.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “The farm has a flock of 85 sheep, but there are plans to build up the numbers by keeping some of the ewe lambs for breeding stock this year.”
      “Further out to sea, a flock of gannets rested on the surface, digesting their meal.”
      “One year, as she'd stepped off the plane to Cyprus, a whole flock of people had gathered around her.”
flocking
  1. The process of adding small particles to a surface for the sake of texture.
  2. A material textured in this way.
  3. Synonyms:
flocculation
  1. A condition in which clays, polymers or other small charged particles become attached and form a fragile structure, a floc.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Palygorskite and sepiolite clays also are used because of their resistance to flocculation under high salinity conditions.”
      “The presence of fats and oils in the seeds prevents flocculation, and the beer cannot keep its froth.”
      “The flocculation tank has wooden paddle-type mixers that slowly rotate on a horizontal motor-driven shaft.”
flocculator
flocculant
  1. A flocculating agent
  2. Examples:
    1. “In this example, post-process steel pickling liquor is being proposed for use as a flocculant in wastewater treatment plants.”
      “Surface water:We are used to combinate synthetic flocculant with coagulant in the clarification process.”
      “It is used in the kraft paper process and as a flocculant in sewage treatment.”
flockmate
  1. A member of the same flock.
flocculations
  1. plural of flocculation
flocculators
  1. plural of flocculator
flocculants
  1. plural of flocculant
flockmates
  1. plural of flockmate
flockings
flocks
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