flocculated

In the flocculated system, there is no formation of a cake, since all the flocs are in the suspension.

When repulsive forces between particles overcome the intermolecular forces in solution and the loose flocculated aggregates separate, deflocculation occurs.

However, if the size of the smallest component particles in a flocculated sediment is to be determined, it is necessary to introduce a dispersing or peptising agent.

Traditional lignosulfonate and naphthalene sulfonate based plasticisers disperse the flocculated gypsum particles through a mechanism of electrostatic repulsion (see colloid).

Even someone who can't tell a flocculated benthic from a haploquod soil will find much of interest in William Bryant Logan's "Dirt," a word he prefers to the more refined "soil" or "earth."