Methanal - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: methanalbiogenic
produced by living organisms as biogenic methane...
firedamp
a mixture of gases mostly methane that forms in coal mines and becomes explosive when mixed with air It is a source of serious hazard in coal mining operations...
Hydrocarbon
A compound containing only hydrogen and carbon as methane benzene etc also by extension any of their derivatives...
Kerosene
An oil used for illuminating purposes formerly obtained from the distillation of mineral wax bituminous shale etc and hence called also coal oil It is now produced in immense quantities chiefly by the distillation and purification of petroleum It consists chiefly of several hydrocarbons of the methane series having from 10 to 16 carbon atoms in each molecule and having a higher boiling point 175 325deg C than gasoline or the petroleum ethers and a lower boling point than the oils...
Methal
A white waxy substance found in small quantities in spermaceti as an ethereal salt of several fatty acids and regarded as an alcohol of the methane series...
methanal
Same as formaldehyde...
Methane
A light colorless gaseous inflammable hydrocarbon CH4 marsh gas It is the simplest of the aliphatic hydrocarbons See Marsh gas under Gas...
methanogen
A type of archaebacteria found in anaerobic environments such as animal intestinal tracts or sediments or sewage and capable of producing methane a source of natural gas...
Methanometer
An instrument resembling a eudiometer to detect the presence and amount of methane as in coal mines...
Methionic
Of pertaining to or designating a sulphonic thionic acid derivative of methane obtained as a stable white crystalline substance CH2SO3H2 which forms well defined salts...
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