Carbide

Meaning

Noun

●

In Carbon & Chemistry:

Any

binary compound

of

and a more

electropositive

element

●

In Chemistry:

The

C₂²⁻, or any of its salts.

●

In Chemistry:

The

C⁴⁻, or any of its salts.

●

In Chemistry:

A carbon-containing

or

of a

or

, such as steel.

●

In Chemistry:

Tungsten carbide.

●

In Cycling:

for

calcium carbide

(CaC₂), used to

in

in the early 1900s.

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