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    3. メタン

    メタン

    メタン

    methane

    KMT7Study L1NounScience & MathKana Vocab7 strokes

    メタン

    Noun

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    methane

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    メタンは天てん然ねんガスの主しゅ成せい分ぶんです。

    Methane is the main component of natural gas.

    KMT5Science & Math
    メタンは強きょう力りょくな温おん室しつ効こう果かガスとして知しられています。

    Methane is known as a powerful greenhouse gas.

    KMT7Science & MathNature & Environment
    メタンの化か学がく式しきはCH4で、最ーエイチフォーでも単っともた純んじゅんな炭たん化か水すい素そです。

    The chemical formula for methane is CH4, and it is the simplest hydrocarbon.

    KMT7Science & Math
    畜ちく産さん業ぎょうは、メタン排はい出しゅつ量りょうの主しゅ要ような発はっ生せい源げんの一ひとつです。

    Livestock farming is one of the major sources of methane emissions.

    KMT7Nature & EnvironmentScience & Math
    湿しっ地ちや水すい田でんからは、微び生せい物ぶつの活かつ動どうによってメタンガスが発はっ生せいします。

    Methane gas is generated from wetlands and rice paddies due to microbial activity.

    KMT8Science & MathNature & Environment

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