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The common name for methane is swamp gas. Methane is also called natural gas.
Methane comes from coal mining. It can also be made from "cracking" coal or oil and from any waste organic material including animal faeces (feces).
Methane is produced in the stomach of ruminant animals (sheep, cows) which is then expelled from their digestive system back into the atmosphere. Methane is a green house gas.
It is a hazard in mines as it is odourless in it's natural state but highly explosive. In New Zealand in 2010, a mine explosion killed 27 men who were trapped due to an earlier explosion.
Methane has an odour added to it when sold to prevent it leaking undetected and then exploding. This became law in the United States after 311 people were killed at a school in New London, Texas in 1937. The rest of the world soon followed suit.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 15y agoThe same place as where you get oil... underground. Methane is an organic compound made of carbon and hydrogen just like any other oil molecule.
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∙ 14y agoMethane is basically the gas that comes from anything that decomposes over time. It mostly comes from things like maneur and ungerground pockets.
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∙ 15y agoNormallly you inhale it.
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Is methane soluble in organic solvent?
Methane can be either a solute or a solvent. When discussing solutions in chemistry, the substance present in greatest quantity is usually called the solvent. That means, if you are considering a low concentration of methane dissolved in lots of water, in that case the water is the solvent, and the methane is the solute. On the other hand, if you are considering a body of liquid methane in which other substances are dissolved in smaller amounts, methane is then the solvent.
What is the formula of flouro methane?
CH3F - monofluoro methane or fluoro methane CH2F2 - difluoro methane CHF3 - trifluoroo methane CF4 - tetrafluoro methane
What type of gas comes out of your bottom?
Nitrogen is probably the gas that comes out of the body the most, mixed in with the oxygen and carbon dioxide we also exhale. Methane and certain other gasses can also come from our bodies, but in lesser quantities.
Can people breathe methane?
Yes, but it is very dangerous to the human body, in that high enough concentrations in the air can result result in suffocation.
What is the common name for methane?
There is none methane is not an element.
Is there methane inside my body?
Yes there is
How are farts caused?
by methane in your body
What is the type of gas that comes out of your body?
methane
What is the function of methane in the human body?
Not in your stomach as it is too acidic for bacteria. Cows have a stomach compartment just for bacterial digestive action that produces methane. Perhaps in your intestinal region methane can be produced.
What gas is generated in wetland areas or due to decomposition of animal body?
Methane.
Why does a person sink in water if there is so much liquid in the body?
its because of the gases that are naturally in the body like methane and oxygen that make the body float.
As a dead body decays it swells and smells due to the release of this substance?
Methane I believe.
Is methane soluble in organic solvent?
Methane can be either a solute or a solvent. When discussing solutions in chemistry, the substance present in greatest quantity is usually called the solvent. That means, if you are considering a low concentration of methane dissolved in lots of water, in that case the water is the solvent, and the methane is the solute. On the other hand, if you are considering a body of liquid methane in which other substances are dissolved in smaller amounts, methane is then the solvent.
What are facts about nature?
CH4 methane colorless odorless (the natural gas in your house has an additive so you can smell leaks) Al Gore says that methane from cows is a major contributor to global warming. your body manufactures methane, especially after consuming beans
What are facts about Natural gas?
CH4 methane colorless odorless (the natural gas in your house has an additive so you can smell leaks) Al Gore says that methane from cows is a major contributor to global warming. your body manufactures methane, especially after consuming beans
What is the formula of flouro methane?
CH3F - monofluoro methane or fluoro methane CH2F2 - difluoro methane CHF3 - trifluoroo methane CF4 - tetrafluoro methane
What type of gas comes out of your bottom?
Nitrogen is probably the gas that comes out of the body the most, mixed in with the oxygen and carbon dioxide we also exhale. Methane and certain other gasses can also come from our bodies, but in lesser quantities.
