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Katrina Johnston

Enclathrated - definition?

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The Oxford Dictionary does not have an entry for enclathrate, but does for clathrate:

A compound in which molecules of one component are physically trapped within the crystal structure of another.

Using the word enclathrate should be redundant.

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Garth Hodnett  Follow
No, if it was an old term, the Oxford Dictionary would have it. Im guessing that somebody felt that More
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Jon Barry  Follow
Thank you :) I know biologists use clatherin for the protein coat around membranes and such ... I find it unusual that there are plenty of papers online with "enclathrated" ... must be an older term I guess?More
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Jakob Kr?mer  Follow
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Edward Cramer  Follow
was not sufficient for their description and so added the More
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Joan Fernandez  Follow
to ensure that the readers would realize how entrapped the compound was.More
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