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Measurement of Gas Hydrate by Laser Raman Spectrometry

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Natural Gas Hydrates

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Raman spectrometry is a powerful tool for gas hydrate researches to provide vital information regarding the structure of the hydrate, hydrate composition, and cage occupancy. This chapter begins with discussing the basic knowledge and application of laser Raman spectrometry and then, giving the techniques and methods which have been developed in our laboratory for different experiments of gas hydrate with Raman. The techniques and methods are used for measuring hydration number of methane hydrate prepared under different conditions; investigating the Raman spectra characteristics of air, nitrogen, and oxygen hydrates; and observing methane hydrate dissociation in sediments with different particle sizes. Observation of the microprocesses of hydrate formation and dissociation is also carried out based on a low-temperature high-pressure device for in situ Raman detection. The methods are also successfully used to determinate the natural gas hydrate samples collected from Shenhu area of the South China Sea and from Qilian Mountain permafrost area, respectively, providing microscopic evidences for gas hydrate existence in the sediments.

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Liu, C., Meng, Q., Ye, Y. (2013). Measurement of Gas Hydrate by Laser Raman Spectrometry. In: Ye, Y., Liu, C. (eds) Natural Gas Hydrates. Springer Geophysics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31101-7_12

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