methane
noun Chemistry.
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Origin of methane
Examples from the Web for methane
Contemporary Examples of methane
That can happen, according to the report, when (flammable) methane leaks out of fracking wells and into drinking water.
Methane could be produced by microbes on Mars, too, if they exist in enough numbers.
Methane (chemical formula CH4) is one of the simplest hydrocarbons, which literally means “containing hydrogen and carbon.”
Methane is a familiar chemical, whether you know it by that name or not.
Perhaps the mysterious Martian methane, and its strange fluctuations, are part of that story.
Historical Examples of methane
In some series, as the methane series, the higher members are solids.
An Elementary Study of ChemistryWilliam McPherson
Only two of them, methane and acetylene, will be discussed here.
An Elementary Study of ChemistryWilliam McPherson
It could insinuate itself into places where neither the methane nor the ammonia could get.
Unwise ChildGordon Randall Garrett
Two of the planets were enveloped in methane, but the third had an earth-normal atmosphere.
ImpactIrving E. Cox
It consists of a number of saturated hydrocarbons of the methane series.
The Preservation of AntiquitiesFriedrich Rathgen