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Carbide vs Xcarbide - What's the difference?

carbide | xcarbide |

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

    xcarbide

    Not English

    Xcarbide has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

    English words similar to 'xcarbide':

    xerophyte