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Calcium carbide

pieces, thickness <10 mm , typically, technical grade, ~80%

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Linear Formula:
CaC2
CAS Number:
75-20-7
Molecular Weight:
64.10
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
3909011
EC Number:
200-848-3
MDL number:
MFCD00010905
UNSPSC Code:
12352300
PubChem Substance ID:
24856368
NACRES:
NA.23

grade

technical grade

assay

~80%

form

pieces

thickness

<10 mm , typically

density

2.22 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

[Ca++].[C-]#[C-]

InChI

1S/C2.Ca/c1-2;/q-2;+2

InChI key

UIXRSLJINYRGFQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3 - Water-react 1

target_organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class

4.3 - Hazardous materials which set free flammable gases upon contact with water

wgk_germany

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type P3 (EN 143) respirator cartridges

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Production of calcium carbide from fine biochars.
Guodong Li et al.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 49(45), 8480-8483 (2010-09-14)
Xiaoguang Jiao et al.
Science in China. Series C, Life sciences, 48 Suppl 1, 26-32 (2005-08-11)
A field experiment was carried out at the Shenyang Experimental Station of Ecology (CAS) in order to study the effects of slow-release urea fertilizers high polymer-coated urea (SRU1), SRU1 mixed with dicyandiamide DCD (SRU2), and SRU1 mixed with calcium carbide
G Malla et al.
Chemosphere, 58(2), 141-147 (2004-12-02)
Mitigation of methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from soil is important to reduce the global warming. Efficacy of five nitrification inhibitors, i.e. neem (Azadirachta melia) cake, thiosulphate, coated calcium carbide, neem oil coated urea and dicyandiamide (DCD) and
H Kjuus et al.
British journal of industrial medicine, 43(4), 237-242 (1986-04-01)
The overall mortality and the incidence of cancer have been studied among male employees at a plant producing calcium carbide. The cohort was defined as all men employed at the plant for at least 18 months in the period 1953
B K Van Kreel et al.
Journal of mass spectrometry : JMS, 31(1), 108-111 (1996-01-01)
A rapid and inexpensive method was developed to determine deuterium enrichment in body fluids. This is achieved by converting water into acetylene. To vacutainer tubes a small amount of calcium carbide is added. The tubes are evacuated and 25 microliters
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