1) An act or state of floating 2) Floatation 3) Physical phenomenon 4) The phenomenon of floating
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1) Floatation
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• (n.) The science of floating bodies. • (n.) The act, process, or state of floating. • (n.) Act of financing, or floating, a commercial venture or an issue of bonds, stock, or the like.
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in mineral processing, method used to separate and concentrate ores by altering their surfaces to a hydrophobic or hydrophilic condition—that is, ... [9 related articles]
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Method by which hydrophobic (water-repelling) particles of an ore are separated from hydrophilic (water-attracting) particles of a metallurgical pretreatment process.
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Method of wine clarification involving the introduction of inert gas at the bottom of a vat of must causing suspended solids to be carried to the surface where they can be easily removed.
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First issue of shares by a company on a stock exchange. Also known as an initial public offering (IPO)
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Flotation is the process where a private limited company or nationalised industry becomes a public limited company and whose shares are subsequently traded on the Stock Exchange.
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Method by which hydrophobic (water-repelling) particles of an ore are separated from hydrophilic (water-attracting) particles of a metallurgical pretreatment process.
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1. The act, process, or state of floating. ... 2. The science of floating bodies. Center of flotation. ... The imaginary surface which all the planes of flotation touch when a vessel rolls or pitches; the envelope of all such planes. ... Origin: Cf. F. Flottation a floating, flottaison water line, fr. Flotter to float. See Flotilla. ... Source: Web...
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A method of obtaining seeds and other organic materials from soil by using liquids.
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Is experienced in a flotation tank, which is a specially designed chamber containing sufficient salt-saturated water to enable one to float. In this sate of suspension one can free the mind from outside stimuli by creating a relaxed and unencumbered state. The participant lies in the super-saturated-salty water, which has tremendous buoyancy, and …...
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An archaeological recovery method of obtaining seeds and other organic materials from soil by using liquids.
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Flo·ta'tion noun [ Confer French
flottation a floating,
flottaison water line, from
flotter to float. See
Flotilla .]
1. The act, process, or state of floating.
2. The science of floating bodies.
Center of flotation .
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Is the initial offering of stock to the public.
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A process for concentrating materials based on the selective adhesion of certain minerals to air bubbles in a mixture of water and ground-up ore. When the right chemicals are added to a frothy water bath of ore that has been ground to a fine powder, the minerals will float to the surface. The metal-rich flotation concentrate is then skimmed off the...
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A milling process in which valuable mineral particles become attached to bubbles and float as others sink.
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Physico-chemical separation process for fine-grained solids. Originally, it was mainly used in ore mining for the separation of ore from waste, non-ore bearing rock. In this process, the pale (more difficult to wet, lighter) rock or components are separated from the heavier ore containing rock. The deaf and lighter rocks rise to the surface an...
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A milling process in which valuable mineral particles become attached to bubbles and float as others sink.
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A milling process in which valuable mineral particles are induced to become attached to bubbles and float away from the waste particles in a solid/solution pulp.
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A concentration process in which valuable mineral particles are induced to attached themselves to bubbles and float away from the waste particles in a solid/solution pulp. Specific chemicals are added to either float (foam off) particular minerals or to depress the flotation of other minerals. Several stages of processing are generally involved wit...
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A milling process in which valuable mineral particles are induced to become attached to bubbles and float, and others sink.
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an act or state of floating. · the launching of a commercial venture, bond issue, loan, etc. · a process for separating the different minerals in a mass of powdered ore based on their tendency to sink in, or float on, a given liquid. · the science of floating bodies.
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A mineral beneficiation technique used to concentrate ore by blowing air through a tank in which ore particles are suspended in water that contains additions that make the ore more hydrophilic. The ore clings to the bubbles and is scraped off as 'froth'.
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the phenomenon of floating
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