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Thermodynamic and Molecular-Scale Analysis of New Systems of Water-Soluble Hydrate Formers + CH4
Author(s) -
Jong-Won Lee,
Hailong Lu,
Igor Moudrakovski,
Christopher I. Ratcliffe,
John A. Ripmeester
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the journal of physical chemistry b
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.864
H-Index - 392
eISSN - 1520-6106
pISSN - 1520-5207
DOI - 10.1021/jp106466s
Subject(s) - hydrate , clathrate hydrate , chemistry , ether , phase (matter) , ketone , molecule , crystallography , organic chemistry
Among a variety of cyclic ether, cyclic ester, and cyclic ketone compounds, six new formers were found to form binary sII or sH hydrates with CH(4) gas. Hydrate-phase equilibria for all the hydrate formers were measured. The results obtained showed distinct relationships between the hydrate-phase equilibrium curve and the molecular size of the guests. In addition, 2-methyltetrahydrofuran and 3-methyltetrahydrofuran, or 4-methyl-1,3-dioxane and 4-methyl-1,3-dioxolane, showed different hydrate structures even though they have similar chemical structures. Such structural differences can provide useful information on the critical guest size, which determines hydrate crystal structures according to the size of the captured guest.

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