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thickener

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thickener [′thik·ə·nər]
(engineering)
A nonfilter device for the removal of liquid from a liquid-solids slurry to give a dewatered (thickened) solids product; can be by gravity settling or centrifugation.


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Typical uses for the dispersion system include the dispersion of solids such as fumed silica, calcium carbonate, titanium dioxide, gums, thickeners and pigments.
This will house three ball mills and a 40-foot, diameter deep cone paste thickener for the tailings.
Corn syrup, which is primarily glucose, is used as a non-sweet thickener, while HFCS, comprised of almost equal portions fructose and glucose, is used as a sweetener.
 
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