Carbide

Noun

carbide

(plural carbides)

(chemistry) Any binary compound of carbon and a more electropositive element
(chemistry) The polyatomic ion C

2²⁻, or any of its salts.

(chemistry) The monatomic ion C

4−, 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 (CaC

2), used to produce acetylene in bicycle lamps in the early 1900s.

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