ACTIVATING AGENT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

(mineral extraction) a surface-active chemical used in flotation process to increase the attraction to a specific mineral

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("activating agent" is a kind of...):

activator ((biology) any agency bringing about activation; a molecule that increases the activity of an enzyme or a protein that increases the production of a gene product in DNA transcription)

Domain category:

beneficiation; mineral dressing; mineral extraction; mineral processing; ore dressing; ore processing (crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques)

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