also need help with this one
2006-12-13 15:45:18 · 5 answers · asked by j_matusalem 1 in Environment
it is colorless
2006-12-13 15:48:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
because it is colorless, shapeless, and odorless in its pure form. Quite uninteresting - except that natural gas is combustible, and when burned it gives off a great deal of energy. Unlike other fossil fuels, however, natural gas is clean burning and emits lower levels of potentially harmful byproducts into the air. We require energy constantly, to heat our homes, cook our food, and generate our electricity. It is this need for energy that has elevated natural gas to such a level of importance in our society, and in our lives.
2006-12-13 17:34:39 · answer #2 · answered by jamaica 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In order for something to be visible to the human eye, that something must reflect a portion of the electromagnetic spectrum in the VISIBLE range -about 400nm to 700nm in wavelength.
Components of natural gas do not reflect light in this range under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure. Thus, you do not see them. However, other methods are used to detect them.
2006-12-13 17:37:48 · answer #3 · answered by Aldo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We cant see gas because the atoms that make up the gas are far enough apart to allow light through.
2006-12-13 16:01:07 · answer #4 · answered by cheasy123 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We can't literally SEE gas because the molecule particles are too far apart and thus light can pass through gas. And if light passes through gas, that makes gas invisible! ;)
2006-12-14 13:50:16 · answer #5 · answered by Az 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋