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calcium carbide

a dark-gray, crystalline compound, CaC, used to produce acetylene and calcium cyanamide

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noun
A grayish-black crystalline compound, CaC2, obtained by heating pulverized limestone or quicklime with carbon and used to generate acetylene gas, as a dehydrating agent, and in the manufacture of graphite and hydrogen.

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