floccular

English

Adjective

floccular (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the flocculus.
2. (chemistry) Having flocs, or floccules.
   • 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:

     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.

Derived terms

• extrafloccular
• intrafloccular
• parafloccular

 

See also

• floscular
• flocculation