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Ceramics vs Carbide - What's the difference?

ceramics | carbide |

As nouns the difference between ceramics and carbide

is that ceramics is plural of ceramic while carbide is .

ceramics

English

Noun

(wikipedia ceramics) (-)
  • plural of ceramic
  • the art or science of making ceramic objects
  • ceramic objects as a group

    • 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