- a
carbide usually describes a
compound composed of
carbon and a metal. In metallurgy,
carbiding or
carburizing is the
process for
producing carbide coatings...
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Silicon carbide (SiC), also
known as
carborundum (/ˌkɑːrbəˈrʌndəm/), is a hard
chemical compound containing silicon and carbon. A wide
bandgap semiconductor...
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Calcium carbide, also
known as
calcium acetylide, is a
chemical compound with the
chemical formula of CaC2. Its main use
industrially is in the production...
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Tungsten carbide (chemical formula: WC) is a
chemical compound (specifically, a
carbide)
containing equal parts of
tungsten and
carbon atoms. In its most...
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Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) is an
American chemical company. UCC is a
wholly owned subsidiary (since
February 6, 2001) of Dow
Chemical Company. Union...
- was a
chemical accident on the
night of 2–3
December 1984 at the
Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL)
pesticide plant in Bhopal,
Madhya Pradesh, India....
- A
carbide lamp or
acetylene gas lamp is a
simple lamp that
produces and
burns acetylene (C2H2),
which is
created by the
reaction of
calcium carbide (CaC2)...
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Titanium carbide, TiC, is an
extremely hard (Mohs 9–9.5)
refractory ceramic material,
similar to
tungsten carbide. It has the
appearance of
black powder...
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Boron carbide (chemical
formula approximately B4C) is an
extremely hard boron–carbon ceramic, a
covalent material used in tank armor,
bulletproof vests...
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Union Carbide Building, was a skys****er in the
Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City.
Built in 1960 for
chemical company Union Carbide, it was...
