ALTV02 - 15-6-2016 at 17:55
As we should or all know, CH4 is the chemical name for methane gas. Since BBC science posted an article on CO2 being solidified, my questions are:
a) Can CH4 be solidified, and
b) What wouuld the solid form look like?
Thank you.
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36494501
DraconicAcid - 15-6-2016 at 17:58
Yes, it can be solidified, at extremely low temperatures. It would probably look like frost or wax.
Ozone - 15-6-2016 at 18:29
That article is talking about fixing CO2 as limestone.
Aside, the most common form of "solid" methane are the methane clathrates:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methane_clathrate
While they can be isolated and handled, they are unstable at STP and "sublime" if you will--that is the clathrates (hydrates) are more like melting
ice and releasing the caged methane. Unless you are talking about the water-part, it's not a true phase transition.
Cool, though.
O3
PHILOU Zrealone - 16-6-2016 at 10:21
Methane hydrates are also a solid form of Methane that forms onto the sea bottom and that looks like ice but that burns once set in flame in the open
air.