Probing Gas Hydrate Deposits
By Robert Kleinberg, Peter Brewer
Immense quantities of natural gas can be found in icy gas-hydrate deposits. But exploiting this unconventional energy source will be a great challenge
This Article From Issue
May-June 2001
Volume 89, Number 3
Page 244
DOI: 10.1511/2001.22.244
In the novel Cat's Cradle, author Kurt Vonnegut described a form of ice, "ice-nine," that is more stable than water at room temperature. According to his story, the only thing that prevents liquid water from immediately converting to ice-nine is the absence of a seed crystal to initiate freezing.
Robert L. Kleinberg
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