“…The average Hamaker constant in this work is 3.11 × 10 -19 J, which is consistent with the value of 1.140 × 10 -19 J for methane hydrates in vacuum [97] or 3 × 10 -19 J [98] and 4 × 10 -19 J [99] obtained for similar water-metal mixtures conforming to the resemblance of crystalline structure of methane hydrates to metals. Depending on the definition of the spreading coefficient S and the material properties and structure in the interfacial region, the spreading coefficient might be zero, positive, or negative [100,101]. We find that S is negative in the methane hydrate and gas mixture owing to the perpetual negative disjoining pressure at temperature and pressure ranges of 271-289 K and 5-15…”