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Anomalous Preservation of CH 4 Hydrate and its Dependence on the Morphology of Hexagonal Ice
Author(s) -
Takeya Satoshi,
Ripmeester John A.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.200900731
Subject(s) - clathrate hydrate , hexagonal crystal system , hydrate , dissociation (chemistry) , ice crystals , morphology (biology) , crystallography , chemical physics , decomposition , chemistry , materials science , mineralogy , chemical engineering , geology , physics , meteorology , organic chemistry , paleontology , engineering
Trapped: Anomalous preservation, the existence of gas hydrates far outside their stability zone below the melting point of ice, is shown to depend on the type of guest molecule, the morphology of hexagonal ice that grows during hydrate dissociation and the mode of decomposition (see graphic).