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Which outcome occurs when increased hydrostatic pressure severely limits methane clathrate formation?

A)Methane solubility significantly increases instead
B)Clathrate crystal lattice structure strengthens
C)The hydrate number rises dramatically
D)Entrapment exotherm becomes energetically favored

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Methane solubility increases because high hydrostatic pressure impedes the hydrogen bonding necessary for clathrate cages via Van der Waals forces; therefore, methane dissolves into the liquid phase rather than forming crystalline clathrates, as solubility increases with high pressure.

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