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flocculent precipitate
noun
, Chemistry.
- a woolly-looking precipitate, as aluminum hydroxide formed by the addition of ammonia to an aluminum-salt solution.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of flocculent precipitate1
First recorded in 1790–1800
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Example Sentences
A reddish-brown flocculent precipitate was formed and was filtered off.
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On addition of a solution of mercuric chloride to the red filtrate, a brown flocculent precipitate was formed.
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If it was ordinary butter this filtrate will become milky, but if process butter a flocculent precipitate will form.
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A white flocculent precipitate shows the presence of considerable benzoic acid.
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The formation of a flocculent precipitate shows the presence of aluminium.
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