acetylide

American  

[uh-set-l-ahyd] / əˈsɛt lˌaɪd /

noun

Chemistry.

1. any compound derived from acetylene by the replacement of one or both of its hydrogen atoms by a metal, as silver acetylide, Ag 2 Cl 2 .

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acetylide British  

/ əˈsɛtɪˌlaɪd /

noun

1. any of a class of carbides in which the carbon is present as a diatomic divalent ion (C 2 ^2– ). They are formally derivatives of acetylene

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Etymology

Origin of acetylide

acetyl + -ide

Example Sentences

This solution absorbs acetylene with the precipitation of red cuprous acetylide, Cu2C2, a very explosive compound.

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This second method of production has the great drawback that, unless proper precautions are taken to purify the gas obtained from the copper acetylide, it is always contaminated with certain chlorine derivatives of acetylene.

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It will be shown in Chapter VI. that the use of metallic copper in the construction of acetylene apparatus is not permissible or judicious, because the gas is liable to form therewith an explosive compound known as copper acetylide; it might seem, therefore, that the employment of a copper salt for purification courts accident.

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The objection is not sound, because the acetylide is not likely to be produced except in the presence of ammonia; and since frankoline is a highly acid product, the ammonia is converted into its chloride before any copper acetylide can be produced.

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Cuprous carbide or acetylide is the reddish brown amorphous precipitate which is the ultimate product obtained when acetylene is led into an ammoniacal solution of cuprous chloride.

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