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Gas that occurs in coal mines and is explosive when mixed with air in certain proportions. It consists chiefly of methane (CH₄, natural gas or marsh gas) but always contains small quantities of other gases, such as nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen, and sometimes ethane and carbon monoxide.

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