Flotation

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Flotation may refer to:

  • Buoyancy, the phenomenon that keeps ships from sinking
  • Initial public offering (IPO) of a company's shares on a stock exchange
  • Flotation process, in chemistry, a method for the separation of mixtures
  • Flotation (archaeology), a process to separate plant remains from soil
  • Flotation (geology), a separation process of sediment grains
  • any material added to the hull of a watercraft to keep the hull afloat