Dry water and Burning ice: all about gas hydrates

2018-10-08

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Two unusual materials with unusual names. I show how to make "dry" water and propane gas hydrate, which looks like ice and is flammable.

Dry water

http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1024928/FULLTEXT02.pdf

Propane clathrate

https://sci-hub.tw/10.1021/jp3035049

Propane hydrate formation

https://sci-hub.tw/10.1021/ie0207764

Methane storage in hydrates

https://sci-hub.tw/10.1021/ja8048173

Propane hydrate:

https://ps.uci.edu/scholar/sites/default/files/making_a_propane_clathrate_hydrate_1.pdf

https://www.netl.doe.gov/research/oil-and-gas/project-summaries/completed-env/fwp-feab112

Propane vapor pressure:

https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/docs/documents/1020/propane_C3H8_vapour_pressure.pdf

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