What is "occlusion"?

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Ernest Z.
May 5, 2018

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In chemistry, occlusion is the inclusion of one substance within another.

Occlusion can occur if precipitation or crystallization occurs rapidly.

If a crystal forms too rapidly, it may grow around the solvent, so that a "bubble" of solvent forms inside, even though it is not part of the crystal lattice.

For example, water may get trapped in pockets during the formation of silver nitrate crystals.

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