Clathrate Hydrates: Occurrence, Uses, and Problems

• Main Authors: Ratcliffe, Christopher, Ripmeester, John
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: Bermuda Triangle; Chemistry; Clathrate hydrate; Gas storage; Hydrate geohazard; Hydrate occurrence; Hydrate plugs; Methane hydrate; Methane hydrate and climate; Natural gas hydrate; Canada; Faraday; Ice; permafrost; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1081/E-ESMC-120012832; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/eng/view/object/?id=3611016b-5b8a-4c2b-8157-bdad1de532dd; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/fra/voir/objet/?id=3611016b-5b8a-4c2b-8157-bdad1de532dd

Clathrate hydrates are supramolecular framework materials in which guest molecules are physically trapped inside cages made of hydrogen-bonded water molecules. Naturally occurring hydrocarbon gas hydrates constitute a vast untapped energy resource, generally little known by the layman, though receiv...