In chemistry, ethanol is a classified as an "alkane". It is also grouped as one of many "hydrocarbons", meaning it consists of only hydrogen and carbon atoms. It is also an "alcohol". I think ethane (alkane) and suffix of alcohol is how its name is derived.
hydrocarbons
Methane is an Alkane.
Methane (CH4) is a chemical compound, not a property.
The chemical symbol for methane is CH4.
Methane Hydrate is methane gas which has been frozen into water ice. Since it is a mixture of substances, and not an individual chemical, it does not have a chemical symbol. However, it can be represented by the chemical symbols of the compounds which make it up - Water, which is H2O, and Methane, which is CH4.
Methane is the chemical name for CH4.
Carbon is a chemical element; methane (CH4) is a chemical compound containing carbon.
Methane (CH4) is a chemical compound, not a property.
Methane is a chemical compound (CH4), not a chemical element; methane is important as fuel or as feedstock for the chemical industry.
Chemical compounds (organic) placed in a homologous series have a general chemical formula. The common example is alkenes.
Carbon tetrahydride; methane
The chemical symbol for methane is CH4.
Methane is CH4
The chemical symbol for methane is CH4. Which means there is one Carbon atom and 4 Hydrogen atoms.
Methane Hydrate is methane gas which has been frozen into water ice. Since it is a mixture of substances, and not an individual chemical, it does not have a chemical symbol. However, it can be represented by the chemical symbols of the compounds which make it up - Water, which is H2O, and Methane, which is CH4.
Methane is the chemical name for CH4.
Carbon is a chemical element; methane (CH4) is a chemical compound containing carbon.
Archaea
The fact that it oxidizes in air is a chemical property of methane.