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Methane burns without any oxygen present.

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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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Is it true that methane burns without any oxygen present?

Unclear. The retrieved items only show methane combustion or oxidation occurring in the presence of oxygen (methane-oxygen flames, gas engines, SOFC anodes with added oxygen); none directly tests or reports methane burning with no oxygen at all.

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Evidence against · 3
Diamond film synthesis in low-pressure premixed methane-oxygen flames
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Diamond film synthesis in low-pressure premixed methane-oxygen flames. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.114456

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Reduction of Methane Slip from Gas Engines by O 2 Concentration Control using Gas Permeation Membrane
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Reduction of Methane Slip from Gas Engines by O 2 Concentration Control using Gas Permeation Membrane. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.4271/2013-01-2618

Numerical Study of Heterogeneous Reactions in an SOFC Anode with Oxygen Addition
2008
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Yong, H. & G., G. D. (2008). Numerical Study of Heterogeneous Reactions in an SOFC Anode with Oxygen Addition. authors.library.caltech.edu. https://doi.org/10.1149/1.2907763

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