Boric acid: the first effective inorganic promoter for methane hydrate formation under static conditions

Water containing a bit of boric acid can be employed as a storage medium for methane by forming methane hydrate (‘burning ice’) under static conditions.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Sustainable Energy & Fuels
Main Authors:	Zeng, Yanxian, Niu, Xiaochun, Lei, Dongjun, Liu, Zhengwen, Zhu, Zhengmei, Wang, Weixing
Other Authors:	National Natural Science Foundation of China
Format:	Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:	English
Published:	Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) 2020
Subjects:	Methane hydrate
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0se00640h http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2020/SE/D0SE00640H

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Summary:	Water containing a bit of boric acid can be employed as a storage medium for methane by forming methane hydrate (‘burning ice’) under static conditions.