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Also known as CH4, marsh gas, methyl hydride, tetrahydridocarbon, Carbane, tetrahydrogen monocarbide, CH₄, nonessential gasotransmitter

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Methane is a chemical compound with the formula CH₄. It has a canonical SMILES representation of "C" and an IUPAC name of methane. The substance has a mass of 16.031 and a weight of 16.043. Its electric dipole moment is 0, and it has zero hydrogen bond donors and acceptors. The compound was discovered in 1777.

Physical properties include a melting point of -182.49 or -182.46 and a boiling point of 111.4, -161, or -161.48. The speed of sound in methane is 1337, and its density is 422.36. Standard molar entropy is 186.3, while the standard enthalpy of formation is -74520. Combustion enthalpy is -890.3, and the autoignition temperature is 537.8. The global warming potential is 84, and the ozone depletion potential is 0. The ionization energy is 12.51.

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Chemical data

Formula: CH4
Molecular weight: 16.043 g/mol
IUPAC name: methane
SMILES: C
InChIKey: VNWKTOKETHGBQD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
XLogP: 0.6
Polar surface area: 0 Å²
H-bond donors: 0
H-bond acceptors: 0
Formal charge: 0

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Research

54,580 papers

Utilisation of low methane concentrations by methanotrophs.ReviewAdvances in microbial physiology · 2024He L, Lidstrom MEDOI: 10.1016/bs.ampbs.2024.04.005
Physiology of atmospheric methane-oxidizing bacteria.ReviewCurrent opinion in microbiology · 2025Tveit AT, Dumont MG, Schmider TDOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2025.102656
Ion spectroscopy in methane activation.ReviewMass spectrometry reviews · 2022Roithová J, Bakker JMDOI: 10.1002/mas.21698
Quantitative assessment of methane bioconversion based on kinetics and bioenergetics.ReviewBioresource technology · 2024Hwang IY, Kalyuzhnaya MG, Lee EYDOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131269
Methane emission from sewers.ReviewThe Science of the total environment · 2015Liu Y, Ni BJ, Sharma KR et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.029
Strategies to Mitigate Enteric Methane Emissions from Ruminant Animals.ReviewJournal of microbiology and biotechnology · 2022Tseten T, Sanjorjo RA, Kwon M et al.DOI: 10.4014/jmb.2202.02019
Methane and the gastrointestinal tract.ReviewDigestive diseases and sciences · 2010Sahakian AB, Jee SR, Pimentel MDOI: 10.1007/s10620-009-1012-0
Methane Medicine: A Rising Star Gas with Powerful Anti-Inflammation, Antioxidant, and Antiapoptosis Properties.ReviewOxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2018Jia Y, Li Z, Liu C et al.DOI: 10.1155/2018/1912746

Wikidata facts

Instance of: gas
Has part: hydrogen
Mass: 16.031
Image: Methane-graphic.svg
Autonomy: 537.8
Has use: lifting gas

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canonical SMILES: C
chemical formula: CH₄
Commons category: Methane
topic's main category: Category:Methane
speed of sound: 450
standard molar entropy: 186.3
melting point: -182.46
boiling point: -161.48
standard enthalpy of formation: -74520
combustion enthalpy: -890.3
subject has role: reducing agent
conjugate acid: methanium
global warming potential: 84
ionization energy: 12.51
electric dipole moment: 0
density: 422.36
has effect: air pollution
discoverer or inventor: Alessandro Volta
time of discovery or invention: 1777-00-00
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
ozone depletion potential: 0
has cause: climate change

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