Xanthic ester is a kind of catcher in the floatation of minerals.Though only a very little amount of xanthic ester is discharged into water, it smells wondrously bad.
The Securities and Exchange Commission said a series of ill-fitted decisions disrupted one of the largest floatations in history and violated fundamental rules.
Risking their lives, many came under the cover of darkness, some aided by floatation devices but the light at the end turned out to be Spanish authorities.
So if you can't swim, for example, but you have a floatation device, you can hang onto the floatation device so that you don't go down into the water and die.