coagulant
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Origin of coagulant
1760–70; < Latin coāgulant- (stem of coāgulāns, present participle of coāgulāre to coagulate ), equivalent to coāgul ( um ) coagulum + -ant- -ant
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The research focused on in-line filtration, a method in which water is first treated with a coagulant and then passed through a sand filter.
From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026
Collagen from the fish's connective tissues, when combined with an iron-rich salt, works as a coagulant: the mix destabilizes tiny bits of waste compounds so they amass into bigger globs that can be strained out.
From Scientific American • Oct. 7, 2022
For all of its dizzying spontaneity and dazzling breadth, his best music remains meticulous and coagulant, holding its own form.
From Washington Post • Oct. 23, 2019
A popular theory says that Liu An, a Chinese nobleman during the Han dynasty, accidentally invented it when soy milk somehow mixed with a natural coagulant.
From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2019
The net saving in coagulant alone amounted to 30 cents per million gallons.
From Chlorination of Water by Race, Joseph
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