FALSE GRAIN
Undesirable small crystals that form spontaneously when supersaturation during crystallization is too high.
FILTER CAKE
Material removed by the filter screens and discharged from the filters after filtering clarifier muds.
FILTRATE
Liquid passed through the screens of the filters.
FLOCCULANT
Polyelectrolyte in solution added to juice to help with the clarification process.
FOOTING
Some massecuite kept in or transferred to a pan at the start of a massecuite boiling.