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What bonds are broken when CH4 evaporates?

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Step-by-step explanation:

When methane floats high into Titan's soupy atmosphere, the compound is broken apart by sunlight. Many of its hydrogen atoms keep rising and disappear into space, while the remaining elements go on to make carbon-rich products like ethane.

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Answer:

CH4 = CH3OH = O2 + C + H

Step-by-step explanation:

Bacteria that consume methane gas (CH4) to produce methanol (CH3OH) using dioxygen (O2) must break two chemical bonds: that holding the two oxygen atoms together, and one of the extremely strong carbon–hydrogen (C–H) bonds in methane.

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