Q. Who was the first person to isolate methane gas? He discovered that methane mixed with air could be exploded using an electric spark.
Answer: Alessandro Volta
Notes: Alessandro Volta is cre-dited as the inventor of the electric battery and the discoverer of methane. In 1775 his interest in electri-cityled him to improve the electrophorus, a device used to generate static electricity. He discovered and isolated met-hane gas in 1776. The SI unit of electric potential is named in his honour as the volt.