Methane - Law Dictionary Search Results
octane
Any one of a group of metametric hydrocarbons C8H18 of the methane paraffin series The most important is a colorless volatile inflammable liquid found in petroleum and a constituent of
Nitromethane
A nitro derivative of methane CH3NO2 obtained as a mobile liquid called also nitrocarbol It has been used as a rocket fuel and
natural gas
The combustible gas found associated with petroleum deposits and also in other geological formations comprised predominantly of methane plus variable other constitutents It is an important source of energy and is transported long distances by pipelines
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Hydrocarbon
A compound containing only hydrogen and carbon as methane benzene etc also by extension any of their derivatives
biogenic
produced by living organisms as biogenic methane
Methyl
A univalent hydrocarbon radical CH3 not existing alone but regarded as an essential residue of methane and appearing as a component part of many derivatives as methyl alcohol methyl ether methyl amine etc
Methol
now called methanol also by extension the class name of any of the series of alcohols of the methane series of which methol proper is the type See Methyl alcohol under Methyl
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
Methanometer
An instrument resembling a eudiometer to detect the presence and amount of methane as in coal mines
methanogen
archaebacteria found in anaerobic environments such as animal intestinal tracts or sediments or sewage and capable of producing methane a source of natural gas
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