Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol.101, No.38, 7371-7377, 1997
Measurement of Clathrate Hydrates via Raman-Spectroscopy
Raman spectra of clathrate hydrate guest molecules are presented for three known structures (I (sI), II (sII), and H (sH)) in the following systems : CH4 (sI), CO2 (sI), C3H8 (sII), CH4 + CO2 (sI), CD4 + C3H8 (sII), CH4 + N-2 (sI), CH4 + THF-d(8) (sII), and CH4 + C7D14 (sH). Relative occupancy of CH4 in the large and small cavities of sI were determined by deconvoluting the nu(1) symmetric bands, resulting in hydration numbers of 6.04 +/- 0.03. The frequency of the nu(1) bands for CH4 in structures I, II, and H differ statistically, so that Raman spectroscopy is a potential tool to identify hydrate crystal structure. Hydrate guest compositions were also measured for two vapor compositions of the CH4 + CO2 system, and they compared favorably with predictions. The large cavities were measured to be almost fully occupied by CH4 and CO2, whereas only a small fraction of the small cavities are occupied by CH4. No CO2 was found in the small cavities. Hydration numbers from 7.27 to 7.45 were calculated for the mixed hydrate.
Keywords:THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS;MICROPROBE SPECTROSCOPY;FLUID INCLUSIONS;C-13 NMR;METHANE;DISSOCIATION;TEMPERATURE