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ID: 300380535
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300380535

 

Record Type: concept
methane (alkane, hydrocarbon, ... Materials (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Colorless, odorless, highly flammable gas, the simplest alkane. Methane occurs in natural gas, as firedamp in coal mines, and is produced by decaying vegetation and in the guts of ruminants. Methane is used as a fuel, and as a starting material in manufacture of chemicals. Methane carried into the stratosphere by rising air acts as a greenhouse gas and degrades the ozone layer.
 
Terms:
methane (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,N)
methyl hydride (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
methaan (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  M.MT

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Materials Facet
Materials Facet
Hierarchy of Materials (hierarchy name)
.... Materials (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of materials (substances)
........ materials (substances) (G)
Hierarchy of <materials by composition>
............ <materials by composition> (G)
Hierarchy of organic material
................ organic material (G)
Hierarchy of hydrocarbon
.................... hydrocarbon (G)
Hierarchy of alkane
........................ alkane (G)
Hierarchy of methane
............................ methane (G)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Een kleurloos, geurloos en licht ontvlambaar gas; de simpelste vorm van alkaan. Methaan komt voor in natuurlijke gassen en als grauwvuur in koolmijnen, en wordt geproduceerd door rottende planten en in de ingewanden van herkauwers. Het wordt gebruikt als brandstof en als basismateriaal voor de productie van chemicaliĆ«n. Methaan dat opstijgt tot in de stratosfeer is een broeikasgas en tast de ozonlaag aan. 

Sources and Contributors:
methaan............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred]
.................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.................  UvA Talen
methane............  [GCI Preferred, VP Preferred]
.................  AATA database (2002-) accessed 26 March 2013
.................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 26 March 2013
.................  MFA Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia Online: CAMEO (2005-) accessed 26 March 2013
.................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-) accessed 26 March 2013
methyl hydride............  [GCI, VP]
.............................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 26 March 2013
 
Subject: .....  [VP]
 
Note:
English .......... [GCI, VP]
.......... AATA database (2002-) accessed 26 March 2013
.......... Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 26 March 2013
.......... MFA Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia Online: CAMEO (2005-) accessed 26 March 2013
.......... Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-) accessed 26 March 2013
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
.......... UvA Talen

 

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