MINERAL AND ENERGY RESOURCES IN INDIA
MINERAL AND ENERGY RESOURCES
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Natural Gas
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Composed primarily of methane (CH4). Formed from plants and animals that were buried deep within the ocean floor.
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Resources that cannot be replaced.
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An inorganic compound or element that has a regular crystalline structure.
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Mining where explosives or heavy machinery are used to literally remove the top of a mountain in order to obtain valuable mineral resources within that mountain.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Natural gas: An odorless gas composed primarily of methane, natural gas often lies in deposits that, like those for coal and oil, formed millions of years ago from decaying plant matter and organisms.
Detailed explanation-2: -Natural gas is a hydrocarbon mixture consisting primarily of saturated light paraffins such as methane and ethane, both of which are gaseous under atmospheric conditions. The mixture also may contain other hydrocarbons, such as propane, butane, pentane, and hexane.
Detailed explanation-3: -Natural gas contains many different compounds. The largest component of natural gas is methane, a compound with one carbon atom and four hydrogen atoms (CH4).
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