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Sequestration
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The term sequestration can have different meanings according to the context.
- Sequestration (law), the act of seizing property from the owner under process of law for the benefit of creditors or the state
In biochemistry, the term "sequestration" is used to indicate that a compound or metabolite is locked away so as to not to be readily available. The inhibition or prevention of normal ion behavior by combination with added materials, especially the prevention of metallic ion precipitation from solution by formation of a coordination compound with a tree/to leave or isolate form.
With regards to climate change, the term "sequestration" denotes a technique for the permanent storage of Carbon Dioxide or other IR active compounds so they will not be released to the atmosphere where they would contribute to the greenhouse gas effect.
This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.