CH4
16.043 g/mol
Industrial ChemicalDanger
Methane
CAS74-82-8EC200-812-7
Category
Industrial Chemical
Compound Class
n.a
Primary Use
Fuel and chemical intermediate
Methane is a colorless, odorless gas that is lighter than air and easily ignited. It is the primary component of natural gas, widely used as a fuel and as a raw material for producing other chemicals.
Fuel component in natural gasChemical intermediate for producing hydrogen, methanol, and other compounds
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Safety Reference
Danger
H220Extremely flammable gas
H280Contains gas under pressure; may explode if heated
H281Contains refrigerated gas; may cause cryogenic burns or injury
Regulatory Compliance1
- CN Catalogue of Hazardous ChemicalsCNRegulation
Customs Tariff Classification
The international HS code for Methane (CAS 74-82-8) is 2711.19, 2711.29.
HS code (international, 6-digit)
2711.19, 2711.29
EU CN code (8-digit)
2711 19 00, 2711 29 00
Classification per the EU customs inventory ECICS (2026-07 snapshot, HS 2022). National tariff lines and product form can affect the final classification.
Identifiers
IUPAC Name
methane
InChIKey
VNWKTOKETHGBQD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
C
Synonyms (92)
- 3D Graphene Foam
- Acetylene carbon black
- Alloy steel
- Biodiesels
- Biogas
- Buckypaper
- C in Steel
- C in Steel, chips
- C/S in Steel, chips
- CNT Ink, NINK
- Carbon Nanochips
- Carbon Nanotube Arrays
- Carbon powder (20~50 micron)
- Charcoalactivated
- Colloidal graphite powder
- Diamond Nanopowder
- Diamond nanopowder (3-4 nm)
- Diamond nanopowder (4-15 nm)
- Expandable Graphite
- Expanded graphite
- Fire Damp
- Gas, natural
- Graphene
- Graphene Aerogel
- Graphene Oxide (S Method)
- Graphene nanopowder (1-5 nm)
- Graphene nanopowder (6-8 nm)
- Graphene oxide
- Graphene paper
- Graphene thermal expansion
- Graphite Nanopowder (Type 1)
- Graphite Oxide Nanopowder
- Graphite powder,
- Large-Size Graphite Oxide
- Liquified natural gas
- Low-Defect Graphite Oxide
- METHANE (13C,D4)
- Marsh gas
- Methane in gaseus state
- Methane, Messer(R) CANGas
- Methane, electronic grade
- Methane-d?
- Methyl hydride
- Methylidyne radical
- Nano graphite powder
- Nano-graphite powder ~10nm
- Natural gas
- Nature Graphite Crystal
- Pyrolytic Graphite powder
- R 50
- R 50 (refrigerant)
- Reduced Graphene Oxide (rGO)
- Single Layer Graphene
- Synthetic natural gas
- Unalloyed steel
- a methyl group
- crystalline flake graphite
- metano
- methan
- methane
- methane;tetrahydridocarbon
- tetrahydridocarbon
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