cyanamide
noun
a white, crystalline, unstable, deliquescent solid, CH 2 N 2 , usually produced by the action of ammonia on cyanogen chloride or by the action of sulfuric acid on calcium cyanamide.
cyanamid
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a variation of
cyanamide.
Example Sentences
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To get cleaner cotton, the Hopson plantation, before harvesting, defoliated the plants with cyanamid dust dropped from a plane.
From Time Magazine Archive
As the stream of nitrogen gas passes over the finely divided carbide it is absorbed to form calcium cyanamid as described on a previous page.
From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Edwin E. Slosson
A mixture of calcium cyanamid and acid phosphate was found to possess considerable larvicidal action.
From The House Fly and How to Suppress It U. S. Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin No. 1408 by F. C. Bishopp
The cyanamid is completely and quickly converted into pure ammonia and calcium carbonate, which is the same as the limestone from which carbide was made.
From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Edwin E. Slosson
Most prominent of these is the cyanamid process.
From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Edwin E. Slosson
