Question

Why the methane is also called marsh gas?

Answer 1

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Methane is called as marsh gas. Because it is produced when vegetation decompose naturally within some geographical marshes swamps , and bogs ....Methane is called as marsh gas as it a produced of the anaerobic bacterial decomposition of vegetable matter under water.
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Answer 2

methane is found in the natural gas from oil wells. it is also a constituent of the coal gas.it is formed in the marshy places by the bacterial decomposition of the vegetable matter and hence called marshy gas