Incorporation of ammonium fluoride into clathrate hydrate lattices and its significance in inhibiting hydrate formation.
The stability of hydrate frameworks is influenced by guest molecules capable of hydrogen bonding with surrounding water molecules. Four remarkable features from the ammonium fluoride incorporation into a crystalline hydrate matrix provide important information on the thermodynamic stability, formation kinetics, structural characteristics, and molecular behavior in clathrate hydrate systems.
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (BK21+ program), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea. hlee@kaist.ac.kr.
Seongmin
S
Park
Dongwook
D
Lim
Yongwon
Y
Seo
Huen
H
Lee