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10 words match “CARBIDE”

CARBIDE n.
A binary compound of carbon with some other element or radical, in which the carbon plays the part of a negative; -- formerly termed carburet.
PERCARBIDE n.
A compound containing a relatively large amount of carbon. [R.]
ACETYLENE n.
as an illuminating gas in a number of ways, but chiefly by the action of water on calcium carbide. Its light is very brilliant. Watts.
CARBONIDE n.
A carbide. [R.]
CARBURET n.
A carbide. See Carbide [Archaic]
CARBURETED a.
Combined with carbon in the manner of a carburet or carbide.
IRON n.
rom three to six percent of carbon, part of which is united with a part of the iron, as a carbide, and the rest is uncombined, as graphite. It there is little free carbon, the product is white iron; if much of the carbon has separated as graphite, it is called gray iron. See also Cast iron, in the Vocabulary. -- Fire…
PERCARBURET n.
A percarbide. [Obsoles.]
SILUNDUM n.
A form of silicon carbide, produced in the electric furnace, possessing great hardness, and high electrical resistance, and not subject to oxidation below 2880º F., or 1600º C.
STEEL n.
t and one and a half per cent of carbon), and consisting of an alloy of iron with an iron carbide. Steel, unlike wrought iron, can be tempered, and retains magnetism. Its malleability decreases, and fusibility increases, with an increase in carbon.