Description
• Thickness: <3 layers.• Lateral size : 0.5-5 μm.
IUPAC Name
methane
Molecular Weight
16.043g/mol
Molecular Formula
CH4;CH4;CH4
InChI
InChI=1S/CH4/h1H4
InChI Key
VNWKTOKETHGBQD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Boiling Point
4200 °C
Melting Point
3652 - 3697 °C (sublimes)
Flash Point
-306 °F (NTP, 1992);-188 °C (-306 °F) - closed cup;Flammable gas
Density
0.415 to 0.45 at -259.6 °F (USCG, 1999);0.422 at -256 °F (USCG, 1999);0.554 at 0 °C/4 °C (air = 1 ) or 0.7168 g/liter
Solubility
3.5 mL/100 mL at 63° F (NTP, 1992);Insoluble;0.00 M;In water, 22 mg/L at 25 °C;Slightly soluble in acetone; soluble in ethanol, ethyl ether, benzene, toluene, methanol;0.91 mL in 1 g ether at 20 °C; 0.60 mL in 1 g ethyl alcohol at 20 °C;0.022 mg/mL at 25 °C;Solubility in water, ml/100ml at 20 °C: 3.3
Appearance
Black solid
Autoignition Temperature
999 °F (USCG, 1999);1004 °F (USCG, 1999);999 °F (537 °C);537 °C
Color Form
Colorless gas
Complexity
0
Covalently-Bonded Unit Count
1
EC Number
200-812-7;232-343-9
Exact Mass
16.0313g/mol
Formal Charge
0
H-Bond Acceptor
0
H-Bond Donor
0
Heat Of Vaporization
8.19 kJ/mol
Heavy Atom Count
1
ICSC Number
0291
LogP
log Kow = 1.09;1.09;1.09
Monoisotopic Mass
16.0313g/mol
Odor
Odorless;Weak odor
Other Experimental
VP: 1 Pa at -220 °C (solid); -10 Pa at 214.2 °C (solid); 100 Pa at -206.8 °C (solid); 1 kPa at -197 °C (solid); 10 kPa at -183.6 °C (solid); 100 kPa at -161.7 °C;Burns with a pale, faintly luminous flame; air containing more than 14% methane burns without noise;Practically inert toward sulfuric acid, nitric acid, alkalies, and salts but reacts with chlorine and bromine in light (explosively in direct sunlight);Liquid water interfacial tension: 50 dynes/cm = 0.050 N/m at -161 °C; Ratio of specific heats of vapor: 1.306;Enthalpy of fusion: 0.94 kJ/mol;Dipole moment: 0;Enthalpy of formation: -74.6 kJ/mol at 298.15 K;Henry's Law constant = 0.658 atm-cu m/mol at 25 °C (est);Hydroxyl radical reaction rate constant: 6.86X10-15 cu cm/molecule sec at 25 °C
Rotatable Bond Count
0
RTECS Number
PA1490000
UNII
2P3VWU3H10;OP0UW79H66
UN Number
1972;1971;1972;1972;1971;1971;1971;1971
Vapor Density
0.55 (NTP, 1992) (Relative to Air);0.554 at 0 °C (Air = 1);Relative vapor density (air = 1): 0.6
Vapor Pressure
258574 mm Hg at 100 °F ; 760 mm Hg at -258.7° F (NTP, 1992);4.66e+05 mmHg;4.66X10+5 mm Hg at 25 °C
Viscosity
34.8 uP at -181.6 °C; 76.0 uP at -78.5 °C; 102.6 uP at 0 °C; 108.7 uP at 20 °C; 133.1 uP at 100.0 °C; 160.5 uP at 200.5 °C; 181.3 uP at 284 °C; 202.6 uP at 380 °C; 226.4 uP at 499 °C
