Abstract: A process for flocculating, in a liquid other than Bayer process streams, suspended solids comprised primarily of minerals other than iron oxide and tin oxide. The solids are contacted with a hydroxamated polymer. The amount of hydroxamated polymer is sufficient to increase the settling rate of the solids and to decrease the turbidity of the solids.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 2, 1993
Date of Patent:
November 29, 1994
Assignee:
Cytec Technology Corp.
Inventors:
Alan S. Rothenberg, Roderick G. Ryles, Peter So