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Offline CoolGuyNice

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Methane's Solubility
« on: March 07, 2015, 07:52:25 AM »
Hi its me again
This time my question is about methane's solubility.
The solubility reads as 22.7mgL^-1 and the only answer i can come up with is even though its non-polar (like dissolves like) its has the solubility it has when dispersion bonds are created between the negative H atoms and the +H atoms form the water allowing the gas to dissolve.
Just wondering is this on the right track or am i completely wrong.

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Re: Methane's Solubility
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2015, 12:38:01 PM »
It's not very productive to rationalize the absolute magnitude of a single solubility datum. What are you trying to compare this value to?
What men are poets who can speak of Jupiter if he were like a man, but if he is an immense spinning sphere of methane and ammonia must be silent?  - Richard P. Feynman

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