Professor Dayne Swearer found that bursts of plasma convert methane into methanol without high heat and pressures.
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Researchers use “bottled lightning” to turn methane into liquid fuel
Inside a submerged glass tube, tiny bolts of plasma pulse through bubbling methane gas. It looks like miniature lightning, but this electrified reaction tackles a problem that has frustrated chemists ...
Tiny bolts of plasma, flickering inside a submerged glass tube, may have opened a new route for turning methane into liquid ...
Enhancing with argon. To further enhance the process, the team diluted methane with argon, which is typically an inert noble ...
The findings potentially resolve a long-standing issue with methanol conversion, which has tended to be clunky, inefficient, ...
Lightning in a bottle, in a literal sense, may be the key to new, clean energy by reducing carbon emissions in methanol ...
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Northwestern turns methane into methanol using "bottled lightning"
A small glass tube, a copper coating, and a burst of plasma no hotter than room temperature. That is the setup behind a new ...
By harnessing tiny bursts of plasma — or mini “lightning bolts” — in glass tubes submerged in water, the researchers ...
By harnessing tiny bursts of plasma - or mini "lightning bolts" - in glass tubes submerged in water, the team has ...
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