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4 unusual facts about encapsulation


Encapsulation

Molecular encapsulation, in chemistry, the confinement of an individual molecule within a larger molecule

Cell encapsulation, technology made to overcome the existing problem of graft rejection in tissue engineering applications

Micro-encapsulation, in material science, the coating of microscopic particles with another material

Encasement

Encasement differs from encapsulation in that it is a long-term solution; the materials are thicker, applied from 7 to 40 mils depending upon surface conditions, building use and desired warranty, are impact resistant and can allow for mechanical fasteners to be adhered to the surface.


Virtual circuit multiplexing

Virtual circuit multiplexing or VC-MUX is one of the two (the other being LLC encapsulation) mechanisms for identifying the protocol carried in ATM Adaptation Layer 5 (AAL5) frames specified by RFC 2684, Multiprotocol Encapsulation over ATM.


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