| Definitions | | carbide |
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noun
- (chemistry) Any binary compound of carbon and a more electropositive element
- (chemistry) The polyatomic ion C22−, or any of its salts.
- (chemistry) The monatomic ion C4−, or any of its salts.
- (chemistry) A carbon-containing alloy or doping of a metal or semiconductor, such as steel.
- (chemistry) tungsten carbide, Tungsten carbide.
- (cycling) trivial name for calcium carbide (CaC?2), used to produce acetylene in bicycle lamps in the early 1900s.
Translations: - Italian: carburo di calcio
(trans-mid)
- Spanish: carburo de calcio
(trans-bottom)
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