单词 | methane gas |
释义 | > as lemmasmethane gas C1. General attributive and appositive, as methane derivative, methane gas, methane molecule, etc. ΚΠ 1877 H. Watts Fownes's Man. Chem. (ed. 12) II. 39 Methane-derivatives, or fatty group. 1922 J. J. Sudborough Bernthsen's Text-bk. Org. Chem. (new ed.) xvii. 368 The hexahydro-benzenes are transformed with difficulty into hydrocarbons of the methane series when heated with hydriodic acid at 280°. 1936 Pop. Mech. July 34/1 They have used the bacteria to generate methane gas from the sulphite waste discarded by pulp paper mills. 1953 R. A. Heinlein Starman Jones x. 120 It has a methane atmosphere unbreathable by humans. 1971 C. J. White Introd. Coal Mining Industry vii. 77 This problem of the drainage of methane gas in coal mines is one that had to be tackled from time immemorial. 1992 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 3 Dec. 33/4 The methane molecule is a tetrahedron, with a carbon atom at the center and a hydrogen atom at each of the four vertices. 1994 W. Maples & M. Browning Dead Men do tell Tales iii. 38 The body swells, becomes distended with methane gas. < as lemmas |
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