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Carbide vs Borocarbide - What's the difference?

carbide | borocarbide |

As nouns the difference between carbide and borocarbide

is that carbide is while borocarbide is (inorganic chemistry) any material containing both boride and carbide ions.

carbide

English

Noun

(wikipedia carbide) (en 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.
  • (cycling) trivial name for calcium carbide (CaC2), used to produce acetylene in bicycle lamps in the early 1900s.

    • Derived terms

    * barium carbide * beryllium carbide * caesium carbonate * boron carbide * calcium carbide * carbide lamp * cerium carbide * chromium carbide * hafnium carbide * iron carbide * niobium carbide * silicon carbide * sodium carbide * tantalum carbide * titanium carbide * tungsten carbide * vanadium carbide * yttrium carbide * zirconium carbide

    See also

    * cementite

    borocarbide

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (inorganic chemistry) Any material containing both boride and carbide ions