CHMA10H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Steam Reforming, Biogenic Substance, Syngas

• School: UTSC
• Department: Chemistry
• Course: CHMA10H3
• Professor: Heinz- Bernhard Kraatz

Document Summary

Water molecules" covalent bonds acted as a cage. The methane molecules were not covalently bonded to the water molecules but rather they had a weak intermolecular force of attraction. Clathrate comes from the greek word meaning close or confine . Organic compounds combinations of hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, halogen and sometimes other elements. Supramolecular/host-guest are when molecules are caged inside of water molecules. Methane is one of the simplest of carbon compounds. Hydrocarbons: a combination of carbon and hydrogen atoms to make a molecule. Methane produced through the breakdown of organic matter through the application of heat from the interior (core) of the earth is called thermogenic methane. Methane is valuable as a feedstock in industrial chemical processes to produce molecular hydrogen h2(g) and carbon monoxide co(g). Where water vapour reacts with methane at high temperatures (700-1000 degrees. Celsius) to produce co(g) and h2(g) is called steam reforming.