CARBIDE

Carbide

In chemistry, a carbide is a compound composed of carbon and a less electronegative element. Carbides can be generally classified by chemical bonding type as follows: salt-like, covalent compounds, interstitial compounds, and "intermediate" transition metal carbides. Examples include calcium carbide, silicon carbide, tungsten carbide, and cementite, each used in key industrial applications. The naming of ionic carbides is not systematic.

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carbide

Noun

  1. Any binary compound of carbon and a more electropositive element
  2. The polyatomic ion C22−, or any of its salts.
  3. The monatomic ion C4−, or any of its salts.
  4. A carbon-containing alloy or doping of a metal or semiconductor, such as steel.
  5. Tungsten carbide.
  6. trivial name for calcium carbide (CaC2), used to produce acetylene in bicycle lamps in the early 1900s.


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