- Methane gas is extremely flammable when it has contact with oxygen. You will increase the risk of death if you inhale methane and can cause extreme damage since a severely deficient supply of oxygen is entering in the body leading to abnormal breathing. Methane is only flammable if you keep it under the high atmospheric pressure. Methane in general is very stable, but mixtures of methane and air, with the methane content between 5 and 14 percent by volume, are explosive. Explosions of such mixtures have been frequent in coal mines and have been the cause of many mine disasters.
- It is violently reactive with oxidizers (since they are chemicals which methane fuel requires to burn), halogens, and some halogen-containing compounds.
- Methane is an odorless and colorless gas.
- Methane is also soluble in water.
- Methane gas itself does not affect the skin, but liquid methane can cause frostbite on skin. Eyes are also not irritated by methane gas, but liquefied methane can freeze or cold-burn the eyes, causing permanent damage or even blindness. (Saucerman, 2005). (10 Interesting Methane Facts, 2014). (The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica, 2015). (Smith, 2011).
- It is violently reactive with oxidizers (since they are chemicals which methane fuel requires to burn), halogens, and some halogen-containing compounds.
- Methane is an odorless and colorless gas.
- Methane is also soluble in water.
- Methane gas itself does not affect the skin, but liquid methane can cause frostbite on skin. Eyes are also not irritated by methane gas, but liquefied methane can freeze or cold-burn the eyes, causing permanent damage or even blindness. (Saucerman, 2005). (10 Interesting Methane Facts, 2014). (The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica, 2015). (Smith, 2011).
