Online tutorial : Making gas (propane) Hydrate Clathrates from Snow : Experiment for High School & Undergraduate Laboratories

Gas hydrates can be produced in the lab on a large scale using propane. Learn about the experimental design and the conditions for growth of this interesting structure of nature. View a time-lapsed video of propane gas hydrate growth and learn answers to questions about gas hydrates and their connection to the environment.

Understanding crystal systems is important to the fields of biology, chemistry and geology. Crystallography uses physics and mathematics to reveal the secrets of nature. Perhaps the most famous crystalline structure in the world Rosalind Franklin's-DNA is shown below.

Which of natures molecule can exist in all three phases-gas, liquid and solid at the same time? Has 13 distinct solid structures and is more dense as a liquid than a solid? Mysteries of water Institute--focus' on these topics and more as the water molecules chemical and physical properties are explored.

One unique form of "burning ice" is investigated-clathrates. Host water molecules which contain guest hydrocarbons are investigated and produced in the lab.