calcium carbite
Calcium carbide is a chemical compound that reacts with water to produce acetylene gas.
Historically used in miners' lamps and early automobile headlights, it now serves primarily in welding and as a raw material for chemical synthesis.
The spelling "carbite" is a common misspelling of carbide.
- acetyleneFlammable welding fuel
- gasFormless, expanding substance
- minerOne who excavates ore
- cavingSport of exploring caverns
- weldingHeat-fusing metal pieces
torch · spark · chemical · reaction · water · explosive · rock · crystal · gray · industrial · furnace · electrode · synthesis · hiss · flame · lantern · underground · bubbles
- calcium compoundscalcite, quicklime, chalk, aragonite, apatite
- mineralsquartz, marble, granite, limestone, sandstone
- ceramic materialsfeldspar, silica, kaolin, china clay, fire clay
- Fine Particlesparticulate matter, PM2.5, aerosols, dust, soot
- lime productionlime, quicklime, burnt lime, lime kiln, calcination
- mineral fillerstalc, kaolin, silica, mica, barite