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natural gas

Natural gas (also called fossil gas or simply gas) is a naturally occurring mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons consisting primarily of methane in addition to various smaller amounts of other higher alkanes. Usually low levels of trace gases like carbon dioxide, nitrogen, hydrogen sulfide, and helium are also present. Natural gas is colorless and odorless, so odorizers such as mercaptan, which smells like sulfur or rotten eggs, are commonly added to natural gas supplies for safety so that leaks can be readily detected. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_gas

Natural gas, which is mostly composed of methane, is used to produce hydrogen gas on an industrial scale. Steam methane reforming (SMR), or simply known as steam reforming, is the standard industrial method of producing commercial bulk hydrogen gas. More than 50 million metric tons are produced annually worldwide (2013), principally from the SMR of natural gas. Much of this hydrogen is used in petroleum refineries, in the production of chemicals and in food processing. Very large quantities of hydrogen are used in the industrial synthesis of ammonia.

At high temperatures (700–1100 °C) and in the presence of a metal-based catalyst (nickel), steam reacts with methane to yield a mixture of CO and H2, known as "water gas" or "syngas". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methane#Chemical_feedstock

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asphalt
body
cadaver
Cadaverine Poison in Ray-Form - Ptomaine Radiation
Cadaverine Poison
cadaverine
compost
crude oil
death
decadent
decompose
decomposive energy
disease
dispersion
Dissociation
earthly remains
Entropy
Envelope
excrement
faecal matter
faecal
fatty acid
Fatty Matter
fatty-matter
gasoline
hydrogen
interred earthly remnants
less valuable
life-negating
life-removing forces
methane
natural gas
nightside
nitrogen
oil
paraffin wax
petrol
polarization
putrefy
radiation
steam
tar
waste matter
wax

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