METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF SUBSTANTIALLY AQUEOUS FLUIDS DERIVED FROM PROCESSING INORGANIC MATERIALS

摘要

A PROCESS IS PROVIDED WHICH CAN BE USED, FOR EXAMPLE, TO CLARIFY SUBSTANTIALLY AQUEOUS FLUIDS AND SEPARATE SOLIDS FROM THE FLUID. THE PROCESS COMPRISES COMBINING THE FLUID WITH A COMPOSITION WHICH COMPRISES AN ANIONIC SILICA-BASED COLLOID HAVING AN S VALUE OF LESS THAN 50AND A CATIONIC POLYMER.