Coagulation (disambiguation)

Under coagulation (or clotting ) is defined as:

• In Medicine the clotting of blood or lymph, blood clotting see
• The coagulation of protein, which can lead to coagulation necrosis
• Electrocoagulation by heat development during HF surgery

• In Biochemistry ( " clotting " or " coagulation " ), the coagulation of proteins, see denaturation ( Biochemistry)

• In coating technology ( " coagulation " ) the generation of a continuous plastic layer by heat treatment, see Powder Coating

General means coagulation (Latin coagulatio " agglomeration " ) the agglomeration of particles, ie the abolition of finely divided states:

• In chemistry and environmental engineering the clumping together and departure of suspended or emulsified substances, see flocculation
• The Chemokoagulation by acids or alkalis
• The precipitation of proteins and other ampholytes at the isoelectric point
• The precipitation of substances by ultrasonic coagulation

• In the Metallurgy ( " coagulation " or " Ostwald ripening " ) coarsening of particles or grains in the microstructure of metals, see Ostwald ripening
• In meteorology ( " coagulation " ) the aggregation of small water droplets in the droplet growth, see condensation processes of the atmosphere
• In astronomy ( " coagulation " ) the agglomeration of very small particles, eg as a preliminary stage of planet formation.

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