carbide
See also: Carbide
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carbide (plural carbides)
- (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.
- (cycling) trivial name for calcium carbide (CaC2), used to produce acetylene in bicycle lamps in the early 1900s.
Derived terms edit
- barium carbide
- beryllium carbide
- boron carbide
- caesium carbonate
- calcium carbide
- carbide lamp
- carbide planet
- cerium carbide
- chromium carbide
- ferric carbide
- hafnium carbide
- iron carbide
- niobium carbide
- silicon carbide
- sodium carbide
- tantalum carbide
- titanium carbide
- tungsten carbide
- vanadium carbide
- yttrium carbide
- zirconium carbide
Translations edit
any binary compound of carbon and a more electropositive element
polyatomic ion C22-, or any of its salts
monatomic ion C4-, or any of its salts
carbon-containing alloy or doping of a metal or semiconductor, such as steel
tungsten carbide
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calcium carbide
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carbide n (uncountable)
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- → Indonesian: karbida