flotation tank

collocation in English

meaningsofflotationandtank

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flotation
noun
uk
/fləʊˈteɪ.ʃən/us
/floʊˈteɪ.ʃən/
UK
an occasion when a company's shares are sold to the public for the ...
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tank
noun[C]
uk
/tæŋk/us
/tæŋk/
a container that holds liquid ...
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(Definition offlotationandtankfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofflotation tank

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The removal is achieved by injecting gas bubbles into the water or wastewater in aflotationtankor basin.
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Phosphate forms precipitates with the metal ions and is removed together with the sludge in the separation unit (sedimentation tank,flotationtank, etc.).
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In few of his interviews he mentioned theflotationtankas a tool for enhancing creativity.
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Above the heavy steel capsule, a largeflotationtankwas attached and filled with a low density liquid for buoyancy.
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The removal is achieved by dissolving air in the water or wastewater under pressure and then releasing the air at atmospheric pressure in aflotationtankor basin.
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Many firms have already won important orders for equipment—pumps, generators, deck modules, cranes, plate bending, machinery and pressure vessels for flotation tanks.
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For example, they are used as flotation tanks for helicopters, both military and civil.
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High quality flotation tanks may use acrylic or medical stainless steel which is impervious to the strong salt solution and more importantly the disinfectants.
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The addition of self-rescue or tanked boats (so called for the built-in flotation tanks) occurred in 1965.
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This means that the boats are designed to operate with water inside the boat hull and rely on flotation tanks rather than hull displacement to stay afloat and upright.
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