Information card for entry 4112809

Structure parameters

• Common name: Methane hydrate
• Chemical name: clathrate hydrate of methane
• Mineral name: Methane-hydrate
• Formula: C8 H124 O46
• Calculated formula: C8 H123.92 O46
• Title of publication: Gas Hydrate Single-Crystal Structure Analyses
• Authors of publication: Michael T. Kirchner; Roland Boese; W. Edward Billups; Lewis R. Norman
• Journal of publication: Journal of the American Chemical Society
• Year of publication: 2004
• Journal volume: 126
• Pages of publication: 9407 - 9412
• a: 11.877 ± 0.003 Å
• b: 11.877 ± 0.003 Å
• c: 11.877 ± 0.003 Å
• α: 90°
• β: 90°
• γ: 90°
• Cell volume: 1675.4 ± 0.7 ų
• Cell temperature: 123 ± 2 K
• Ambient diffraction temperature: 123 ± 2 K
• Number of distinct elements: 3
• Space group number: 223
• Hermann-Mauguin space group symbol: P m -3 n
• Hall space group symbol: -P 4n 2 3
• Residual factor for all reflections: 0.0682
• Residual factor for significantly intense reflections: 0.0379
• Weighted residual factors for significantly intense reflections: 0.0759
• Weighted residual factors for all reflections included in the refinement: 0.0887
• Goodness-of-fit parameter for all reflections included in the refinement: 1.094
• Diffraction radiation wavelength: 0.71073 Å
• Diffraction radiation type: MoKα
• Has coordinates: Yes
• Has disorder: Yes
• Has Fobs: No