CHMA10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Methane Clathrate, Clathrate Hydrate, Antifreeze Protein

• School: UTSC
• Department: Chemistry
• Course: CHMA10H3
• Professor: Andrew Petter

Document Summary

Chma10h3 - introductory to chemistry i: structure and bonding lecture 9: A molecular-level view: a single molecule of methane in a clathrate cage of water molecules. This is potentially useful as a source of energy and potentially dangerous to our climate if released into th atmosphere. Swapping guests: replacement of methane and ethane molecules in a clathrate hydrate with carbon dioxide. Simplified representations of each pf the gas molecules as single coloured spheres: spectroscopy can be used to monitor the reaction. Fishing for solutions to pipeline clathrate plugs: an antifreeze protein produced by the winter flounder is quite effective at preventing both the formation and growth of methane hydrate crystals in laboratory tests. Co(g) + h2o(g) co2(g) + h2(g: methane exists in many places on earth in underground reservoirs, the oceans, the. Methane: signature of life: abiogenic methane is produced from non-biological processes, such as volcanic eruptions.