0 a substance that is used to make a liquid thicker: --
Cornflour can be used as a thickener in sauces.
The underflow stream is often put through a dewatering process such as a thickener or a belt press filter to increase the density of slurry.
The basic recipe calls for milk and onion with breadcrumbs and butter added as thickeners.
This eventually results in the reduction of polymer flocculant consumption in thickeners.
The amount of thickener can be decreased to 1% if other diluents are added.
Most acrylamide is used to synthesize polyacrylamides, which find many uses as water-soluble thickeners.
Most commonly, the silicone oil is polydimethylsiloxane and the thickener is amorphous fumed silica.
Due to the absence of onions, yoghurt is used as a thickener, and also to reduce the heat and marry the spices in the gravy.
For acid-sensitive facades such as concrete, strongly alkaline cleaners are used such as sodium hydroxide and thickeners.
