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Chemistry for Everyone
Products of Chemistry
Gas Hydrates: From Laboratory Curiosity to Potential Global Powerhouse
Robert E. Pellenbarg
Chemistry Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC 20375

Michael D. Max
MDS Research, Suite 302, 1211 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington DC 20036

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July 2001
Vol. 78 No. 7
p. 896
Abstract
Clathrates are a nonstoichiometric class of compounds that consist of a three-dimensional host molecule lattice and voids in the lattice that can be occupied by guest molecules, particularly common gases (e.g. methane, CH4). Where the host crystal structure is water the clathrate is termed a hydrate; these are the focus of increasing research. Methane (natural gas) hydrates are now recognized to occur in huge volumes in deep marine sediments and permafrost. These naturally occurring hydrates may constitute the next major energy resource of the planet and could provide the basis for the transition from our present petroleum economy to one based on methane.
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*  Citation
 Pellenbarg, Robert E.; Max, Michael D. J. Chem. Educ. 2001 78 896.
*  Keywords
 Gases; Geochemistry; History / Philosophy; Natural Products; Public Understanding
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