méthane

  • 1Methane — Methane …

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  • 2Méthane — Méthane …

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  • 3Methane — Méthane Méthane Représentation de Cram et vue 3D …

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  • 4MÉTHANE — Formule brute: CH4 Masse moléculaire: 16,04 g Masse spécifique: 0,716 8 g/l Point d’ébullition: 161,5 0C Point de fusion: 184 0C Le méthane est un hydrocarbure saturé, le plus simple des alcanes. C’est un gaz incolore, d’odeur légèrement alliacée …

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  • 5Methane — Meth ane, n. [See {Methal}.] (Chem.) A light, colorless, gaseous, inflammable hydrocarbon, {CH4}; marsh gas. It is the simplest of the aliphatic hydrocarbons. See {Marsh gas}, under {Gas}. [1913 Webster] {Methane series} (Chem.), a series of… …

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  • 6methane — inflammable colorless and odorless gas, marsh gas, 1867, coined from METHYL (Cf. methyl) + chemical suffix ANE (Cf. ane) …

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  • 7methane — ► NOUN ▪ a colourless, odourless flammable gas which is the main constituent of natural gas. ORIGIN from METHYL(Cf. ↑methyl) …

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  • 8methane — [meth′ān΄] n. [ METH(YL) + ANE] a colorless, odorless, flammable, gaseous alkane, CH4, present in natural gas and formed by the decomposition of vegetable matter, as in marshes and mines, or produced artificially by heating carbon monoxide and… …

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  • 9methane — /meth ayn/; Brit. /mee thayn/, n. Chem. a colorless, odorless, flammable gas, CH4, the main constituent of marsh gas and the firedamp of coal mines, obtained commercially from natural gas: the first member of the methane, or alkane, series of… …

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  • 10methane — /ˈmiθeɪn / (say meethayn) noun a colourless, odourless, flammable gas, CH4, the simplest alkane, the main constituent of marsh gas and the firedamp of coal mines, and obtained commercially from natural gas; the first member of the methane or… …