Author(s)

V. E. Vigdergauz

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There is proposed a mechanism of methane and carbon dioxide formation by the direct reaction of carbon with water during catastrophic events in the mining of coal deposits. Thermodynamics of the reaction is dis-cussed.

Methane Formation, Coal Mining, Water, Carbon Dioxide, Reaction Thermodynamics

V. Vigdergauz, "Methane Formation by the Reaction of Coalbed Carbon with Water," Geomaterials, Vol. 1 No. 1, 2011, pp. 21-23. doi: 10.4236/gm.2011.11003.