Calcium Carbide

Calcium Carbide is an inorganic compound having the chemical formula CaC2.
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calcium Acetylide
Chemical Appearance
Calcium Carbide in its pure form is colouress but its technical grade pieces are grey or brown in colour. They consist of approximately 80-8596 Calcium Carbide, the
rest is calcium oxide,calcium phosphide, calcium sulfde, and calcium nitride etc.Calcium Carbide emits an unpleasant garic ike odour in the presence of moistur
It reacts violently with water.
Chemical Applications and Strengths
Calcium Carbide is an extremely eficient chemical compound and therefore, has many industrial applications. ts main applications and strengths are
.Pnmarily, Calcium Carbide is used for the production of acetylene and calcium hvdroxide. The reaction of Calium Carbide with water results in the fommation of
these two.
Acetylene made from Calcium Carbide is used for the production of polyvinyl chloride.
Calciym Carbide is also used for the production of calcium cyamamide. For this, Calcium Carbide is reacted with nitrogen at high temperature.
Calcium Carbide has various applications in steelmaking.
。 It is used for the desulfurisation ofiron.
。 It is used as a fuel to increase the scrap ratio to liquid iron.
At the ladle treatment facilities, it is used as a powerful deoxidiser.
.Calcium Carbide is used in carbide lamps too.
lt is used along with calcium phosphide in floating and self igniting naval signal flares.
It is used to determine the amount of moisture in soil.
It is used as a mole repellant.
Storage: Calcium Carbide is extremely hazardous. Too many ashes wil cause an explosion, so it should be strictly controlled.
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