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flo·ta·tion
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personal flotation device
a life preserver, life jacket, or other device for keeping a person afloat in the water. Abbreviation: PFD. -
bladder kelp
any of various giant brown algae with air bladders that buoy up the leafy portions -
creosol
a colourless or pale yellow insoluble oily liquid with a smoky odour and a burning taste; 2-methoxy-4-methylphenol: an active principle of creosote. Formula: CH3O(CH3)C6H3OH -
sodium cyanide
a white, crystalline, deliquescent, water-soluble, poisonous powder, NaCN, prepared by heating sodium amide with charcoal: used chiefly in casehardening alloys, in the leaching and flotation of ore, and in electroplating. -
sodium sulfide
a yellow or brick-red, crystalline, deliquescent, water-soluble solid, Na 2 S, used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes, soaps, and rubber, as a depilatory for leather, and in the flotation of powdered lead and copper ores.