Flotation
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Flotation (also spelled floatation) involves phenomena related to the relative buoyancy of objects.
The term may also refer to:
- Flotation (archaeology), a method for recovering very small artefacts from excavated sediments
- Flotation (shares), an initial public offering of stocks or shares in a company
- Flotation, any material added to the hull of a watercraft to keep the hull afloat
- Flotation, the ability (as of a tire or snowshoes) to stay on the surface of soft ground or snow
- "Floatation", a 1990 electronic music song by The Grid
- Flotation process, in process engineering, a method for the separation of mixtures
- Dissolved air flotation (DAF), a water treatment process
- Froth flotation, a process for separating hydrophobic from hydrophilic materials
- Induced gas flotation, a water treatment process that clarifies wastewaters (or other waters) by the removal of suspended matter such as oil or solids
- Flotation therapy, a technique whereby users 'float' in an isolation tank
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