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Definition of Calcium carbide
1. Noun. A grey salt of calcium (CaC) used in making acetylene.
Definition of Calcium carbide
1. Noun. (inorganic compound) A black, solid, of formula CaC2, manufactured from lime and carbon at high temperatures; reacts with water to form acetylene. ¹
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Medical Definition of Calcium carbide
1. CaC2;blackish crystalline lumps which when in contact with water yield acetylene gas. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calcium Carbide
Literary usage of Calcium carbide
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1896)
"SO universal is the interest in acetylene gas and so different trie estimates
and opinions as to the cost of calcium carbide •;is a source of the cheap ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"It is found that the ingot of calcium carbide formed in the furnace, although
itself consisting -1 pun crystalline calcium carbide, is nearly always ..."
3. The Mineral Industry (1899)
"The New York fire department adopted strict regulations as to the sale and use
of calcium carbide and acetylene. According to these all calcium carbide in ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1903)
"A mixture of cerium chloride, calcium carbide, and copper in filings gave in the
first experiment an alloy of copper and cerium containing about 6 per cent, ..."
5. Gas Analysis by Louis Munroe Dennis (1913)
"Sampling of calcium carbide. — The analyst may at times be called upon to analyze
acetylene gas itself, but more often he is given a sample of calcium ..."
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