calcium carbide
Generates flammable gas
Calcium carbide is a chemical compound that reacts violently with water to produce acetylene gas.
This reaction made it useful in early lamps—miners' headlamps and automobile headlights before electric lighting became standard.
The compound is still used industrially to produce acetylene for welding and in the manufacture of various chemicals.
Flammable welding fuel
- miner's lampPortable underground illumination device
- illuminationProvision of light
- flameBurning gas made visible
- luminosityIntrinsic brightness of source
caving · spelunking · headlamp · lantern · exploration · underground · brightness · burn
Flammable welding fuel
- furnaceEnclosed heat-producing structure
- productionMaking or generating something
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
- chemicalsManufactured or isolated substances
steelmaking · desulfurization · slag · metallurgy · lime · purity · drums · granulated
Combustible gas mixture for torches
- torchHandheld burning light source
- acetyleneFlammable welding fuel
- cuttingDividing via sharp edge
- brazingFiller-metal bonding process
flame · metalwork · fusion · soldering · fabrication · welder · sparks · steel
Flammable welding fuel
- waterClear essential liquid
- hydrolysisWater-induced bond cleavage
- exothermicReleasing energy as heat
- flammableProne to ignition
corrosive · hazardous · chemical reaction · combustible · alkaline · phosphine · vigorous · reactivity
Flammable welding fuel
- polymerizationMonomers bonding into chains
- vinylSynthetic resin plastic
- PVCChlorinated plastic abbreviation
- catalystAgent enabling change
ethylene · plastics · chemical · synthesis · resin · neoprene · acetaldehyde · acetic acid
acetylene
Flammable welding fuel
- miner's lampPortable underground illumination device
- illuminationProvision of light
- flameBurning gas made visible
luminosity · caving · spelunking · headlamp · lantern · exploration · underground · brightness · burn · portable lighting
acetylene
Flammable welding fuel
- furnaceEnclosed heat-producing structure
- productionMaking or generating something
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
chemicals · steelmaking · desulfurization · slag · metallurgy · lime · purity · drums · granulated · nitrogen
oxyacetylene
Combustible gas mixture for torches
brazing · flame · metalwork · fusion · soldering · fabrication · welder · sparks · steel · workshop
acetylene
Flammable welding fuel
- waterClear essential liquid
- hydrolysisWater-induced bond cleavage
- exothermicReleasing energy as heat
flammable · corrosive · hazardous · chemical reaction · combustible · alkaline · phosphine · vigorous · reactivity · instability
acetylene
Flammable welding fuel
- polymerizationMonomers bonding into chains
- vinylSynthetic resin plastic
- PVCChlorinated plastic abbreviation
catalyst · ethylene · plastics · chemical · synthesis · resin · neoprene · acetaldehyde · acetic acid · organic chemistry
- Inorganic Compoundssodium chloride, magnesium chloride, potassium chloride, aluminum oxide, titanium dioxide
- acetylides
- calcium compoundscalcite, quicklime, chalk, aragonite, apatite
- Smelting Materialsflux, coke, slag, lime, silica
- steelmaking additivesmanganese, chromium, silicon, nickel, vanadium
- space moleculescarbon monoxide, water, methanol, formaldehyde, hydrogen cyanide