carbide

See also: Carbide

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Noun

carbide (plural carbides)

1. (chemistry) Any binary compound of carbon and a more electropositive element
2. (chemistry) The polyatomic ion C₂²⁻, or any of its salts.
3. (chemistry) The monatomic ion C⁴⁻, or any of its salts.
4. (chemistry) A carbon-containing alloy or doping of a metal or semiconductor, such as steel.
5. (chemistry) Tungsten carbide.
6. (cycling) trivial name for calcium carbide (CaC₂), used to produce acetylene in bicycle lamps in the early 1900s.

Derived terms

• barium carbide
• beryllium carbide
• borocarbide
• boron carbide
• caesium carbonate
• calcium carbide
• carbide lamp
• carbide planet
• cerium carbide
• chromium carbide
• dicarbide
• ferric carbide
• hafnium carbide
• iron carbide
• monocarbide
• niobium carbide
• niobocarbide
• percarbide
• protocarbide
• silicon carbide
• sodium carbide
• tantalum carbide
• tetracarbide
• titanium carbide
• tungsten carbide
• vanadium carbide
• yttrium carbide
• zirconium carbide

 

Translations

any binary compound of carbon and a more electropositive element

• Catalan: carbur (ca) m
• Czech: karbid m
• Finnish: karbidi (fi)
• French: carbure (fr) m
• Italian: carburo (it) m
• Polish: węglik (pl) m
• Portuguese: carbeto m
• Russian: карби́д (ru) m (karbíd)
• Spanish: carburo (es) m
• Swedish: karbid (sv) c
• Tagalog: karburo
• Turkish: karpit (tr)

polyatomic ion C₂^2-, or any of its salts

• Italian: carburo (it) m
• Spanish: carburo (es) m
• Turkish: karpit (tr)

monatomic ion C^4-, or any of its salts

• Italian: carburo (it) m
• Spanish: carburo (es) m
• Turkish: karpit (tr)

carbon-containing alloy or doping of a metal or semiconductor, such as steel

tungsten carbide

• Italian: carburo di tungsteno m
• Spanish: carburo de tungsteno m, carburo de volframio m

calcium carbide

• Italian: carburo di calcio m
• Spanish: carburo de calcio m
• Turkish: kalsiyum karpit

See also

• cementite

Anagrams

• decibar

Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑrˈbi.də/

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• Hyphenation: car‧bi‧de
• Rhymes: -idə

Noun

carbide n (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) carbide, C₂²⁻ or C⁴⁻

Derived terms

• calciumcarbide

Related terms

• carbid

Descendants

• → Indonesian: karbida