calcium carbide

noun

: a usually dark gray crystalline compound CaC2 used especially for the generation of acetylene and for making calcium cyanamide

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According to the report, the spill involved calcium carbide. Brianna Kwasnik, Arkansas Online, 7 Dec. 2021 According to the New Taipei City's Cultural Affairs Department, the earliest documentation of the technique involving calcium carbide is from around a century ago, during a period when the island was ruled by the Japanese. CNN, 20 Sep. 2021

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1872, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of calcium carbide was in 1872

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“Calcium carbide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calcium%20carbide. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.

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