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types of inclusion compound

Answer 1

Inclusion Compound

 

any of the substances intermediate between interstitial solid solutions and true chemical compounds. Inclusion compounds are formed as a result of the inclusion of one type of molecule in crystal-lattice cavities or molecules of another type. The entering molecules are referred to as foreign substances and the molecules or lattices entered are the host substances. The capacity of a substance to form inclusion compounds depends on the presence of cavities of molecular size. The included molecules, which must have a shape corresponding to that of the cavity, are held in place by intermolecular forces. Since it is not individual molecules but rather groups of molecules that are bound to one another in inclusion compounds, a whole-number ratio between the foreign and host substances, as a rule, does not exist. Inclusion compounds constitute a special type of complex.