Both methane and carbon dioxide are green house gases (GHGs) that contribute to global climate change.
Methane is a simple alkane with the chemical formula CH4 (one atom of carbon and four atoms of hydrogen).
Carbon dioxide has the chemical formula CO2 (cone atom of carbon and two atoms of oxygen).
Both methane and carbon dioxide are gases, and each has both biological and non-biological sources in nature.
Carbon dioxide is emitted by burning fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas).Methane is emitted by bad farming practices in cattle and rice farming.
Methane is roughly 25 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide over a 100-year period. This means that, molecule for molecule, methane has a significantly higher global warming potential than carbon dioxide.
Carbon dioxide (CO2).
Carbon dioxide diffuses most rapidly among the gases listed. This is because carbon dioxide has a lower molecular weight and smaller size compared to methane, nitrogen, oxygen, and chlorine, enabling it to diffuse more quickly through a medium.
Methane (CH4) is a greenhouse gas produced by natural processes and human activities like agriculture. Oxygen (O2) is a vital component in respiration and combustion reactions. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a greenhouse gas that plays a crucial role in the Earth's carbon cycle. Water (H2O) is essential for life and exists in all three states of matter on Earth.
Methane burns in oxygen and gets oxidised. Carbon is oxidised to carbon dioxide, hydrogen to water.
When methane burns, the carbon dioxide and water formed, equal the mass of the methane plus the mass of the oxygen.
methane
Water is H2O, ammonia is NH3, carbon dioxide is CO2 and methane is CH4.
When carbon is burnt, Carbon Dioxide only is produced. When methane is burnt, both carbon dioxide and water are produced.
When methane is completely combusted, 1 mole of methane yields 1 mole of carbon dioxide. So, if 1 liter of methane gas is burned, it would produce 1 liter of carbon dioxide gas.
Carbon dioxide is emitted by burning fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas).Methane is emitted by bad farming practices in cattle and rice farming.
Methane is roughly 25 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide over a 100-year period. This means that, molecule for molecule, methane has a significantly higher global warming potential than carbon dioxide.
Burning 2 700 g of methane produce 70406 g of carbon dioxide.
Methane is practically the same as natural gas. When 1 molecule of methane (CH4) is burnt in oxygen it produces 1 molecule of carbon dioxide (CO2) and two molecules of water (H2O). If the methane is NOT burnt it causes twenty times more damage as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. (So keep lighting those farts!)
To determine the moles of carbon dioxide produced from the combustion of methane, we first need to balance the chemical equation for the combustion of methane: CH4 + 2O2 → CO2 + 2H2O. From the balanced equation, we see that 1 mole of methane produces 1 mole of carbon dioxide. The molar mass of methane (CH4) is 16.05 g/mol, and the molar mass of carbon dioxide (CO2) is 44.01 g/mol. Therefore, 100.0 grams of methane is equivalent to 100.0 g / 16.05 g/mol = 6.23 moles of methane, which would produce 6.23 moles of carbon dioxide.
When methane undergoes complete combustion, the equation for the reaction is CH4 + 2 O2 -> CO2 + 2 H2O. This shows that the number of moles of carbon dioxide formed are the same as the number of moles of methane reacted, so that 14 moles of carbon dioxide will be formed from 14 moles of methane.