Methane
Methane (CH4)
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Plastic crystal phase
The methane has a plastic crystal phase.
References
- S. Murad, D. J. Evans, K. E. Gubbins, W. B. Streett and D. J. Tildesley "Molecular dynamics simulation of dense fluid methane", Molecular Physics 37 pp. 725-736 (1979)
- Josep C. Pamies, Clare McCabe, Peter T. Cummings and Lourdes F. Vega "Coexistence Densities of Methane and Propane by Canonical Molecular Dynamics and Gibbs Ensemble Monte Carlo Simulations", Molecular Simulation 29 pp. 463-470 (2003)