Methane
CAS Registry Number®
74-82-8
CAS Name
MethaneMolecular Formula
CH4Cite this Page
Methane. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/ChemicalDetail.aspx?ref=74-82-8 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 74-82-8). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Boiling Point (1)
-161.4 °CMelting Point (1)
-182.6 °CDensity (2)
0.466-0.477 g/cm³
Source(s)
- (1) Hazardous Substances Data Bank data were obtained from the National Library of Medicine (US)
- (2) Baume, Geo.; Compt. rend., (1909), 148, 39-42, CAplus
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/CH4/h1H4
InChIKey
InChIKey=VNWKTOKETHGBQD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
C
Canonical SMILES
C
Other Names for this Substance
- Methane
- Marsh gas
- Methyl hydride
- R 50 (refrigerant)
- R 50
Deleted or Replaced CAS Registry Numbers
131452-56-7