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Is methane, CH4, a molecules, compound or element?
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- TurtleFromQuebecLv 51 decade agoFavorite Answer
It's a chemical compound. Each molecule of methane has one atom of the element carbon (C) and 4 of the element hydrogen (H).
- 1 decade ago
Methane is a Compound not a element or molecules
Hydrogen, Helium, Lithium,.. etc present in the periodic table are known as the element.
If more than one element combine with another to form a compound.
So 1 atom of carbon is combine with the 4 atom of the hydrogen to form a methane. So methane is compound.
Molecules means the compound will be split into part it will having the neutral charge, but it is not possible in methane.
So it is a compound.
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- 1 decade ago
Methane is a chemical compound with the molecular formula CH4. It is the simplest alkane, and the principal component of natural gas. Burning one molecule of methane in the presence of oxygen releases one molecule of CO2 (carbon dioxide) and two molecules of H2O:
CH4 + 2O2 → CO2 + 2H2O
Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methane - 1 decade ago
It is both a molecule and a compound. It is NOT an element because it contain more than one type of atom.
- 1 decade ago
Ok, according to the periodic table, it is a compound. It is comprised of the two elements Carbon (C) and Hydrogen (H). The 4 at the end of the chemical formula represents how many Hydrogen atoms it takes to make the compound stable.
- 1 decade ago
molecule as it is hydrogen and carbon resulting in the gas methane, however it can be classed as a compund also, but the sbstances found on the perodic table are elements
- Anonymous1 decade ago
it is a molecule
elements are the ones found in the periodic table of elements