Separately, these findings provide insight into nanobubble dynamics that could allow researchers to take advantage of the unique properties of hydrates. (sciencedaily.com)
«If the decomposition of the methane hydrate phase is fast enough, which depends on temperature, the methane gas in the aqueous phase forms nanobubbles,» said Saman Alavi, one of the lead researchers on the project. (sciencedaily.com)
Now a team of Canadian researchers from the University of British Columbia and National Research Council of Canada is studying the role that methane nanobubbles might play in the formation and dissociation of natural gas hydrates — crystalline lattices of hydrogen - bonded water molecules with gas molecules nestled between. (sciencedaily.com)