화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan, Vol.32, No.2, 235-236, 1999
Hysteresis in dissociation and reformation of methane hydrate crystal
A methane hydrate crystal annealed at maximum pressure remembers the compression in the hydrate S-cage until the higher equilibrium temperature for maximum pressure is reached. The hydrate S-cage-like structure in the aqueous solution also remembers the compression until the so-called activation energy is given by heating, Therefore, the hydrate crystal compressed by the maximum pressure is reformed at the equilibrium temperature for the maximum pressure.