(klÅt) n. 1. A thick, viscous, or coagulated mass or lump, as of blood. 2. A clump, mass, or lump, as of clay. 3. A compact group: a clot of trucks blocking the tunnel's entrance.
Bodies start to float once the gas from decomposition replaced the  water inside the lungs. It is effected by the depth and temperature  or the water. In warm water it can bâ¦e as soon as 1 to 2 days in 80  degree water, or as much as 14 to 20 days in freezing cold water.
Once in the frigid water, Titanic passengers had an average just 15 to 45 minutes left to live. Most victims died of hypothermia, in which the very low temperature of the body causes internal organs to fail. 15. It took the ship about 160 minutes, or two hours and 40 minutes, to sink after it hit the iceberg.