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No. methane is not soluble in water, as methane is a non-polar hydrocarbon and water is a polar solvent.
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∙ 12y agoMethane, (CH4) has a tetrahedral shape. (Like the four points of a pyramid). Since each Hydrogen on the carbon atom have the same charge (because they are the same thing), there is no dipole moment / delta +/-. This means methane is non-polar.Water does have a dipole moment because the two electron pairs on the oxygen have a bigger negative charge than the Hydrogens. This creates a net dipole moment. This means water is polar. Polar molecules easily dissolve other polar molecules because the delta+ side of the molecule is attracted to a delta- of another molecule. Nonpolar molecules dissolve other nonpolar molecules because there is no charge one way or another, so the are neither attracted nor repelled to one another. Polar molecules and nonpolar molecules do not dissolve well because there is typically more than one of each molecule in the solution. The polar molecules of water will stick together and the nonpolar molecules of methane will congregate as well.
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∙ 12y agoNo, methane does not dissolve in water.
Methane belongs to Alkane group.
Solubility of organice compunds depends on whether the compound can form hydrogen bond with water molecule.
Hydrogen bond is a intermolecular force betweer a hydrogen which covalent bonded to an electronegative atom (Flourine, Oxygen and Nitrogen) and the lone pair of an electronegative atom (F,O,N).
If the molecule can form more hydrogen bond with methane, the higher solubility it has.
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∙ 11y agoNo. methane is not soluble in water, as methane is a non-polar hydrocarbon and water is a polar solvent.
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∙ 16y agoYes. It is in solution in the ocean down to a certain depth (1500 feet), then it condenses out as ice.
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∙ 9y agoNo methane does not dissolve in water as it is insoluble. Methane does not dissolve in water because it is a non polar molecule.
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∙ 13y agoYes, of coarse, any gas is 'lighter' than any liquid (roughly 1000x), but we don't say 'floating' to that.
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∙ 6y agoMethane is a nonploar molecule.
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∙ 11y agoYES
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