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What gas in the air reacts to sulphur when it burns?
Combustion products of methane would be water and CO2. Methane is CH4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methane
Why don't methane and oxygen react immediately?
For any chemical reaction, there is what is called an activation energy that is required to make that reaction happen. Methane and oxygen both exist as molecules in which there are molecular bonds. In methane, the carbon is bonded to the hydrogen, and in diatomic oxygen, the two oxygen atoms are bonded to each other. So, before the oxygen can bond to the carbon and the hydrogen, all of those existing bonds have to be broken. Once the process begins it is self-sustaining, because it releases a lot of energy, more than enough to break the existing bonds in methane and oxygen. But you still need the activation energy to get things started. This would normally come in the form of a spark. It just takes one small spark to set off an explosion, if you have a mixture of methane and oxygen. Or a pilot light, to light your gas stove.
Do plants like methane?
Most plants do not benefit from methane. In fact, high concentrations of methane can be toxic to plants as it interferes with their ability to take up oxygen and essential nutrients. Methane is primarily used by certain bacteria and archaea in anaerobic environments.
How is planet Neptune's air quality?
The atmosphere of Neptune is primarily composed of hydrogen, helium, and methane. The presence of methane in the atmosphere gives Neptune its blue color. The air quality of Neptune would not be breathable for humans due to the lack of oxygen and high concentrations of methane.
Blue planet made of methane gas?
A planet made of methane gas likely wouldn't be able to support life as we know it because methane is toxic to humans and most living organisms. Additionally, methane is a greenhouse gas, so this planet would likely have extreme temperatures. Its atmosphere would be very different from Earth's, with no oxygen for us to breathe.
What gas in the air reacts to sulphur when it burns?
Combustion products of methane would be water and CO2. Methane is CH4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methane
Would Hydrogen gas be a product of the reaction of oxygen and methane?
When Methane combusts (IE add oxygen, burn it), you get CO2 and H2O.
What is the vapour density of equimolar mixture of methane and oxygen?
The vapor density of an equimolar mixture of methane (CH4) and oxygen (O2) would be the average of the individual vapor densities of methane and oxygen. The vapor density of methane is approximately 8 g/L and oxygen is approximately 16 g/L, so the equimolar mixture would have a vapor density close to 12 g/L.
Can you suffocate on Pluto?
As the atmosphere of Pluto is Methane, If you was suddenly exposed to it yes you would suffocate as there is no Oxygen for you to breathe. Methane by itself is not Toxic to us, but without the presence of Oxygen we cannot breathe.
How would oxygen be represented in the formula equation for the reaction of methane and oxygen to yield carbon dioxide and water?
Oxygen gas is represented as O2 in chemical equations. In the reaction of methane and oxygen to produce carbon dioxide and water, it would be written as 2O2 to indicate that two molecules of O2 are required.
Why don't methane and oxygen react immediately?
For any chemical reaction, there is what is called an activation energy that is required to make that reaction happen. Methane and oxygen both exist as molecules in which there are molecular bonds. In methane, the carbon is bonded to the hydrogen, and in diatomic oxygen, the two oxygen atoms are bonded to each other. So, before the oxygen can bond to the carbon and the hydrogen, all of those existing bonds have to be broken. Once the process begins it is self-sustaining, because it releases a lot of energy, more than enough to break the existing bonds in methane and oxygen. But you still need the activation energy to get things started. This would normally come in the form of a spark. It just takes one small spark to set off an explosion, if you have a mixture of methane and oxygen. Or a pilot light, to light your gas stove.
Why no reaction happen when methane left in darkness?
If you just have methane in a dark room nothing will happen because nothing is there to react. If the room was light nothing would happen either, as there are still no other chemicals for it to react with.
Massive releases of methane hydrate from the ocean floor would cause which atmospheric gas to decrease?
Methane. Methane itself has a half life of 7 years in the atmosphere, decomposing to water (H2O) and the methy radical CH3. (i.e. amount of methane in atmosphere decreases by half every 7 years).
What would happen to earth if the moon were to be replaced with an object that had Jupiters mass?
nothing would happen
What would happen if you did not have any oxygen?
If you did not have any oxygen you would die very soon.
What would happen if there is no oxygen in earth?
we would be dead
would oxygen gas burst into flames if placed in gas?
This really depends upon the kind of gas you are talking about. Nitrogen is a gas, and it does not react with oxygen at normal temperatures. Methane does react very readily with oxygen, although even then, you would need some kind of spark to set it off. A methane oxygen mixture does not so much burst into flames, as explode. It would burn all at once.
