Wonderful and Highly flammable Marsh Gas.

Why is Marsh Gas ? What is its use ? How it is produced ? Its scientific and chemicalogical information ? We will now discuss all above question Marsh gas is actually a useful and inflammable Methane gas. It can be used as an fuel also It is used in the production of acetylene. As it forms in marshy lands, it is called as marsh gas Also it can be prepared in Labs, see how it is done, methane is produced by heating a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide to 300 degree celsius in the presence of catalyst nickel. CO + 3H2 --300'C--nickel---> CH4 + H2O Methane is an odourless, tasteless and colourless gas. Its lighter than air and insoluble in water. Methane is highly inflammable and burns with a blue flame. Scientific classification and origin. Carbon compounds are of two types : i) Cyclic and ii) Acyclic again Cyclic hydrocarbon are of two types : i) Saturated and ii) Unsaturated again Saturated is ultimately term as 'alkane' molecular formula CnH2n+2 its first member is Methane formula - CH4 It has 1 atom of carbon bounded with 4 hydrogen atom.