activating agent

1. 1.

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

   Broaderactivator

   mineral extraction

Questions about activating agent

What does activating agent mean?

activating agent means "(mineral extraction) a surface-active chemical used in flotation process to increase the attraction to a specific mineral".

Is activating agent a common word?

activating agent is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.