Flotation process

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Flotation process is a method of separation widely used in the wastewater treatment and mineral processing industries.


There are various different flotation processes. These include dissolved air flotation, Induced Gas Flotation and froth flotation.

[edit] See also

  • Industrial water treatment
  • Wastewater
  • Industrial wastewater treatment
  • Dissolved air flotation
  • API oil-water separator
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Acid-base extraction · Chromatography · Crystallization · Dissolved air flotation · Distillation · Drying · Electrochromatography · Filtration · Flocculation · Froth flotation · Liquid-liquid extraction · Recrystallization · Sedimentation · Solid Phase Extraction · Sublimation
Separation process schematic
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API oil-water separator · Centrifuge · Mixer-settler · Protein skimmer · Spinning cone · Still · Sublimation apparatus
Multiphase systems
Aqueous two phase system · Azeotrope · Eutectic
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