Elasticity of methane hydrate phases at high pressure

• Published in: The Journal of Chemical Physics
• Main Authors: Beam, Jennifer, Yang, Jing, Liu, Jin, Liu, Chujie, Lin, Jung-Fu
• Other Authors: Burke Undergraduate Research Fund of the Department of Geological Sciences, the University of Texas, Extreme Physics and Chemistry Program of the Deep Carbon Observatory, Seed Grant of the Jackson School of Geosciences
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: AIP Publishing 2016
• Subjects: Physical and Theoretical Chemistry; General Physics and Astronomy; Anvil; Methane hydrate
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4946795; https://pubs.aip.org/aip/jcp/article-pdf/doi/10.1063/1.4946795/15511595/154501_1_online.pdf

Determination of the full elastic constants (cij) of methane hydrates (MHs) at extreme pressure-temperature environments is essential to our understanding of the elastic, thermodynamic, and mechanical properties of methane in MH reservoirs on Earth and icy satellites in the solar system. Here, we ha...