Hi Joseph Very nice, clear explanation, thankyou!
Best wishes Keith Addison Journey to Forever Handmade Projects Tokyo http://journeytoforever.org/ >John, >Methane (CH4) is not gaseous methanol. Methanol is oxygenated methane re: a >hydroxyl group (OH) replaces one of the hydrogen atoms in the >molecule. (CH3OH) >This is how it works for all the alcohols. Add the OH to ethane, and get >ethanol; to propane, and get propanol; butane, butanol, and so on >down the line. >The location of the OH group on the molecule determines the isomer of the >alcohol. For example, every one, I'm sure, knows propanol as rubbing >alcohol or >iso-propanol. The 'iso' shows where on the molecule the OH group is located. > Methanol is a liquid at normal temps. Methane requires cryogenic >temperatures to liquify. Thus when a vehicle uses CNG (compressed natural gas) >as a fuel, it is stored in high pressure cylinders on the vehicle. >Methanol can >be stored in a conventioal fuel tank. However it is corrosive and leaches the >lead and or tin out of the solder joints in the tank. It also does >nasty things >to the rubber components of the fuel system. Emmission components of methanol >exhaust are rather nasty as well. However, methanol can be used in a fuel cell >in place of hydrogen to generate electricity. Now if we can only get a small >inexpensive fuel cell for vehicles....... > I hope this answered your question without getting too technical. > > > > > > >hello. my name is john amory, victoria, au. my >question is- is methane CH4 the gas version of >methanol. If so, can methane be liquified back to >methanol. thank you. ja > >thank you. > >____________________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk >or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html >To unsubscribe, send an email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > > > > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html >To unsubscribe, send an email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
