Activity Books Understanding Water Activity Book | Page 40

The larger and heavier particles settle to the bottom
of the container. They form sediment. The process is called
sedimentation. The clean water moves to filtration.
Another name you might hear for this process is “flocculation.”
Coagulation causes the particles to stick together and form
larger particles called floc.
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