Category:Methane

**methane**
	simplest organic molecule with one carbon atom and four hydrogen
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Instance of	chemical compound,; group 14 hydride,; alkane,; biogenic aliphatic hydrocarbon
Subclass of	combustible matter
Part of	methane metabolic process (participant),; methanogenesis (product),; methanogenesis, from acetate (product),; methanogenesis, from carbon dioxide (product),; methanogenesis, from methanol (product),; methane catabolic process (reactant),; methane biosynthetic process from methanol and hydrogen (product),; methane biosynthetic process from formic acid (product),; methane biosynthetic process from methylamine (product),; methane biosynthetic process from dimethylamine (product),; methane biosynthetic process from trimethylamine (product),; methane biosynthetic process from dimethyl sulfide (product),; methane biosynthetic process from 3-(methylthio)propionic acid (product),; methane biosynthetic process from methanethiol (product),; methane biosynthetic process from carbon monoxide (product),; coenzyme-B sulfoethylthiotransferase activity,; alpha-D-ribose 1-methylphosphonate 5-phosphate C-P-lyase activity
Discoverer or inventor	Alessandro Volta;
Has use	combustible matter; lifting gas (rarely);
Has part	carbon (−4, 1); hydrogen (1, 4);
Time of discovery or invention	1777;
Mass	16.031 Da;
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