 Methane  Methane is a part of the hydrocarbon family.  Cyclic compound: The carbon atoms form one or more closed rings. The carbon atoms form one or more closed rings.  Subdivided according to chemical behavior into saturated and unsaturated compounds

 Common Name: Methane  Chemical Formula: CH 4  80% Hydrogen 20% Carbon  1:4 ratio  4 Hydrogen to 1 Carbon  Highly Abundant

 Tetrahedral shape.  Carbon atom sits at the center Four hydrogen atoms at the points of the tetrahedron.

 Molecular Weight:  Boiling Point: °C  Critical Temperature: °C  Critical Pressure: 45.8 Atm.  Gas Density: (Air = 1)  Melting Point: ° C ( °F)  Boiling Point: ° C ( °F).  Colorless, Odorless, lightest, and Flammable gas  Blue Flame

 [CH 4 + 2O 2 -> CO 2 + 2H 2 O]  Insoluble in water  Autoignition Temperature 1,004 °F   Flammability limits, volume %  Hydrates store immense amounts of methane  Stored and extracted from ice

 Discoverer: Unknown  Date Discovered: Unknown  Registrar: Unknown  Swamp gas "will-o-the -wisp" and "jack-o'-the- lantern" are some of the nicknames.  Like milk, it’s just always been there.  Yes, its methane you smell when you fart

 Procured from decomposition of waste  Mined out of ice  10 million tons of frozen methane in the Earth  More than double the amount of coal, oil and natural gas reserves combined

 Can be used as an alternate fuel supply  Used in some Bunsen burners  Clean water producer  Ammonia supply

 Used to produce Ammonia  Ammonia used as a cleaner  Made from distilled camel dung  Ammonia melts at -77.7° C ( °F), boils at ° C ( °F), and has a density of 0.68 at its boiling point and 1 atmosphere (1,013 millibars) of pressure

 Clean Burning  Limitless  Renewable  Cheap mining  Renewable

 Insulates the atmosphere  One of the leading cause of global warming  Average surface temperature of Earth: 15 °C (59 °F)  Current Temp: +1.4 to 5.8 °C (2.5 to 10.4 °F) Yearly Rise

1)Methane.Com Page of the United States Environmental Protection Agency dedicated to 2)Properties of Fuels A comparative table with all the physical and characteristics of fuels. The page comes the National Biofuels Program of the United States Department of Energy. neral.properties.of.fuels.pdf