A clathrate is any compound in which one type of molecule is physically enclosed in the crystal structure of a second compound, e.g. a gas is trapped inside a crystal. The properties of the aggregate are essentially those of the enclosing compound. The...

A clathrate or clathrate compound or cage compound is a chemical substance consisting of a lattice of one type of molecule trapping and containing a second type of molecule. The word clathrate is derived from the Latin clatratus meaning with bars or a...

Clathrate hydrates are ice-like inclusion complexes between small, usually gaseous guests and crystalline water hosts. These complexes are most famous for the vast deposits of natural gas hydrate in marine sediments offshore on the continental margins, and under the permafrost in the Canadian...

Compounding equipment at K presents not so much new technology as new modifications or combinations of equipment to improve output and conserve space. For example, Battenfeld Extrusionstechnik, part of SMS Plastics Technology in Germany (U.S. office is American Maplan in McPherson, Kan.), mounts...