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clathrateCompound formed when the small molecules of one substance fill in the holes in the structural lattice of another, solid, substance - for example, sulphur dioxide molecules in ice crystals. Clathrates are therefore intermediate between mixtures and true compounds (which are held together by ionic or covalent chemical bonds). |
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| 2] to the seafloor, where solid clathrates are stable at the ambient pressure and temperature conditions. Clathrates have also captured the attention of climate scientists because they may contain ancient samples of oxygen and other gases, says glaciologist Todd A. Mixed gas clathrates are more stable, yet denser, at Europa's outer surface than pure O2 clathrates and could more easily sink through the thick ice crust to the subsurface ocean. |
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