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
Most prominent of these is the cyanamid process.
From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Edwin E. Slosson
Several experiments showed that ½ pound of calcium cyanamid plus ½ pound of acid phosphate to each bushel of manure give an apparent larvicidal action of 98 per cent.
From The House Fly and How to Suppress It U. S. Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin No. 1408 by F. C. Bishopp
The steam acting on the cyanamid sets free ammonia gas which is carried to towers down which cold water is sprayed, giving the ammonia water, familiar to the kitchen and the bathroom.
From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Edwin E. Slosson
This was contracted to produce 110,000 tons of ammonium nitrate a year and later two other cyanamid plants of half that capacity were started at Toledo and Ancor, Ohio.
From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Edwin E. Slosson
