What is a methane hydrate or methane clathrate?
Methane hydrate, also known as methane clathrate, hydromethane, fire ice or methane ice, natural gas hydrate, is a solid compound with molecular formula 4CH4.23H2O.
In methane hydrate crystal structure, a large amount of methane accumulates in a solid form like ice.
Methane
hydrate crystals also combine with hydrates of other hydrocarbons. These
include propane hydrate and ethane hydrate.
