floccular

adj — 2 senses

floccular

adj
1

Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences Of or pertaining to the flocculus.

2

Chemistry, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Having flocs, or floccules.

  • The polymer solution is sprayed in the form of a mist into the precipitant, thereby producing a fine floccular precipitate, the large surface area of which favors the outward diffusion of unpolymerized monomer and other compounds present.2001, Dietrich Braun, Harald Cherdron, Helmut Ritter, Polymer Synthesis: Theory and Practice: Fundamentals, Methods, Experiments, 3rd edition, Berlin and Heidelberg: Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 64:
Derived terms
extrafloccular, intrafloccular, parafloccular
Related terms
floscular, flocculation

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