Question

Define loading. Name the chemical substance that is used for loading?

Answer 1

• Loading is the process in which the rate of sedimentation of suspended particles is increased by adding a chemical substance.
• Sometimes chemical substance is added to the mixture that speeds up the settling of the suspended particles.
• For example- when alum is added to such a mixture, it dissolves in the liquid, forms lumps with the solid suspended particles, and makes them heavy.
• So therefore potash alum is the chemical substance that is used for loading.
• The chemical formula for the potash alum is $\mathrm{KAl}{\left({\mathrm{SO}}_4\right)}_2.12{\mathrm{H}}_2\mathrm{O}$