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Methane

methane

(Science: chemistry) A light, colourless, gaseous, inflammable hydrocarbon, CH4; marsh gas. See marsh gas, under gas.

(Science: chemistry) Methane series, a series of saturated hydrocarbons, of which methane is the first member and type, and (because of their general chemical inertness and indifference) called also the paraffin (little affinity) series. The lightest members are gases, as methane, ethane; intermediate members are liquids, as hexane, heptane, etc. (found in benzine, kerosene, etc); while the highest members are white, waxy, or fatty solids, as paraffin proper.


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Re: How is water vapor a greenhouse gas?

How do these three gases rate in the order of effect on global warming (water, CO2, methane)?

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How is water vapor a greenhouse gas?

Any gas which can trap and store IR radiations can cause green house effect .Water vapors ,Carbon dioxide and methane can trap this heat and responsible for global warming. - Link removed as it was considered advertising. BioTeam

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by chemtopper
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Mon Jun 01, 2009 1:23 am
 
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