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Sigma-Aldrich

Methane

≥99.0%

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
CH4
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
16.04
Beilstein:
1718732
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12142100
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

vapor density

0.55 (vs air)

Quality Level

Assay

≥99.0%

form

gas

autoignition temp.

998 °F

expl. lim.

15 %

bp

−161 °C (lit.)

mp

−183 °C (lit.)

density

0.716 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

[H]C([H])([H])[H]

InChI

1S/CH4/h1H4

InChI key

VNWKTOKETHGBQD-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Features and Benefits

Methane is used as a carbon source for the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of carbide and diamond thin films.

Recommended products

Brass control valve Z146943 or either of brass regulators Z146706 and Z146714 is recommended.

recommended

Pictograms

FlameGas cylinder

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

Precautionary Statements

Hazard Classifications

Flam. Gas 1A - Press. Gas Compr. Gas

Storage Class Code

2A - Gases

WGK

nwg

Flash Point(F)

-306.4 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

-188 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Judlyn Fernandes et al.
The Journal of nutrition, 143(8), 1269-1275 (2013-06-07)
Recent attention has focused on the significance of colonic Archaea in human health and energy metabolism. The main objectives of this study were to determine the associations among the number of fecal Archaea, body mass index (BMI), fecal short chain
Cornelia Welte et al.
Biochimica et biophysica acta, 1837(7), 1130-1147 (2013-12-18)
Methane-forming archaea are strictly anaerobic microbes and are essential for global carbon fluxes since they perform the terminal step in breakdown of organic matter in the absence of oxygen. Major part of methane produced in nature derives from the methyl
Mohamed F Haroon et al.
Nature, 500(7464), 567-570 (2013-07-31)
Anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) is critical for controlling the flux of methane from anoxic environments. AOM coupled to iron, manganese and sulphate reduction have been demonstrated in consortia containing anaerobic methanotrophic (ANME) archaea. More recently it has been shown
C Berndt et al.
Science (New York, N.Y.), 343(6168), 284-287 (2014-01-05)
Methane hydrate is an icelike substance that is stable at high pressure and low temperature in continental margin sediments. Since the discovery of a large number of gas flares at the landward termination of the gas hydrate stability zone off
T H Florin et al.
Gut, 37(3), 418-421 (1995-09-01)
The factors that regulate methanogenesis in humans have not been established. The presence of bile acid, which is lost into the colon from the small intestine, may be an important regulatory factor of methanogenesis. To examine this possibility, the effect

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