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calcium cyanamide
noun
- a gray-black, often lumpy powder, CaCN 2 , unstable in water, obtained by heating calcium carbide and nitrogen; cyanamide: used chiefly as a fertilizer, herbicide, and intermediate in the synthesis of nitrogen compounds.
calcium cyanamide
noun
- a white crystalline compound formed by heating calcium carbide with nitrogen. It is important in the fixation of nitrogen and can be hydrolysed to ammonia or used as a fertilizer. Formula: CaCN 2
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Word History and Origins
Origin of calcium cyanamide1
First recorded in 1905–10
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Example Sentences
Heated in the electric furnace in a current of air, it yields calcium cyanamide (see Cyanamide).
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