- Methane is the main component of natural gas. It’s a common fabric, plastic, anti-freeze and fertilizer ingredient.
- Some consumers use the methane in natural gas as a source of energy while cooking. Others use it to heat and cool their homes.
- Through a process called distributed generation, the methane in natural gas can create electricity.
- Methane reacts at high temperatures with steam to yield the hydrogen used in the manufacturing of explosives and ammonia-based fertilizers.
- Chemical reactions with this compound also yield carbon tetrachloride, methanol, chloroform and carbon black. Carbon black is used in the rubber of tires as a reinforcing agent. Chloroform is utilized in applications such as coolant and spot remover. Carbon tetrachloride is the active ingredient in fire extinguishers.
- Other valuable chemicals derived from methane include methanol, chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, and nitromethane. The incomplete combustion of methane yields carbon black, which is widely used as a reinforcing agent in rubber used for automobile tires.
What is the common uses of methane?
STPM Chemistry Syllabus 3rd Term
Chapter 14: Introduction to
Organic Chemistry
14.1 Bonding of the carbon
atoms: the shapes of ethane, ethane, ethyne and benzene molecules
14.2 General, empirical,
molecular and structural formulae of organic compounds
14.3 Functional groups:
classification and nomenclature
14.4 Isomerism: structural
and stereoisomerism
14.5 Free radicals,
nucleophiles and electrophiles
14.6 Molecular structure and
its effect on physical properties
14.7 Inductive and resonance
effect
Chapter 15: Hydrocarbons
15.1 Alkanes
15.2 Alkenes
15.3 Arenes
Chapter 16: Haloalkanes
Chapter 17: Hydroxy
Compounds
17.1 Introduction to hydroxy
compounds
17.2 Alcohols
17.3 Phenols
Chapter 18: Carbonyl
Compounds
Chapter 19 Carboxylic Acids
and their derivatives
19.1 Carboxylic acid
19.2 Acyl chlorides
19.3 Esters
19.4 Amides
Chapter 20: Amines, Amino
Acids and Proteins
20.1 Amines
20.2 Amino acids
20.3 Proteins
Chapter 21: Polymers