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For the first time, the compositions of argon and methane high-pressure gas hydrates have been directly determined. The studied samples of the gas hydrates were prepared under high-pressure conditions and quenched at 77 K. The composition of the argon hydrate (structure H, stable at 460-770 MPa) was found to be Ar.(3.27 +/- 0.17)H(2)O. This result shows a good agreement with the refinement of the argon hydrate structure using neutron powder diffraction data and helps to rationalize the evolution of hydrate structures in the Ar-H(2)O system at high pressures. The quenched argon hydrate was found to dissociate in two steps. The first step (170-190 K) corresponds to a partial dissociation of the hydrate and the self-preservation of a residual part of the hydrate with an ice cover. Presumably, significant amounts of ice Ic form at this stage. The second step (210-230 K) corresponds to the dissociation of the residual part of the hydrate. The composition of the methane hydrate (cubic structure I, stable up to 620 MPa) was found to be CH(4).5.76H(2)O. Temperature dependence of the unit cell parameters for both hydrates has been also studied. Calculated from these results, the thermal expansivities for the structure H argon hydrate are alpha(a) = 76.6 K(-1) and alpha(c) = 77.4 K(-1) (in the 100-250 K temperature range) and for the cubic structure I methane hydrate are alpha(a) = 32.2 K(-1), alpha(a) = 53.0 K(-1), and alpha(a) = 73.5 K(-1) at 100, 150, and 200 K, respectively.

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Raman spectra of the internal vibrations of tetrahydrofuran molecules in two gas hydrate phases formed in the tetrahydrofuran-water system, as well as the spectra of solid and liquid tetrahydrofuran, under highpressure conditions have been studied for the first time. A conclusion that the high-pressure hydrate is, most probably, of clathrate nature is made on the basis of spectral data. This hydrate is stable in the pressure range 0.49-3 GPa at room temperature. At a pressure of 3 GPa, the upper boundary (with respect to pressure) of the existence of the high-pressure hydrate is discovered. It corresponds to the decomposition of the hydrate into solid tetrahydrofuran and ice VII.

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