flocculent precipitate

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noun

Chemistry.

1. a woolly-looking precipitate, as aluminum hydroxide formed by the addition of ammonia to an aluminum-salt solution.

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Etymology

Origin of flocculent precipitate

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

A white, flocculent precipitate results, which rapidly condenses to a crystalline powder, and turns blue on ignition.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas

This is very quickly accomplished, and we then see that we have an insoluble residue of graphite and a flocculent precipitate of lime, magnesia, iron hydrate, etc., while the organic matters have disappeared.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885 by Various

If a brown, flocculent precipitate is formed, the sample contains pure vanilla extract.

From Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Snyder, Harry

He also obtained a flocculent precipitate which later became granular and showed under the microscope forms like the starfish, and discs with undulated borders.

From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane

As I had anticipated, a flocculent precipitate was formed, which settled to the bottom of the vessel in a few minutes.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881 by Various