ALTV02
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Can sublimation occur in CH4?
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
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Yes, it can be solidified, at extremely low temperatures. It would probably look like frost or wax.
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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.
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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.
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