- aluminum carbide
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Chem.a yellow, crystalline solid, Al4C3, that reacts with water to form methane.
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aluminum carbide
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aluminum carbide — Chem. a yellow, crystalline solid, Al4C3, that reacts with water to form methane … Useful english dictionary
carbide — /kahr buyd, bid/, n. 1. a compound of carbon with a more electropositive element or group. 2. See calcium carbide. 3. a very hard mixture of sintered carbides of various heavy metals, esp. tungsten carbide, used for cutting edges and dies. [1860… … Universalium
aluminum — aluminic /al yeuh min ik/, adj. /euh looh meuh neuhm/, n. 1. Chem. a silver white metallic element, light in weight, ductile, malleable, and not readily corroded or tarnished, occurring combined in nature in igneous rock, shale, clay, and most… … Universalium
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boron carbide — Chem. a black, crystalline, extremely hard, water insoluble solid, B4C, used chiefly as a moderator in nuclear reactors, as an abrasive, and as a refractory. * * * ▪ chemical compound (B4C), crystalline compound of boron and carbon. It is… … Universalium
Aluminiumcarbid — Kristallstruktur Allgemeines Name Aluminiumcarbid Verhältnisformel … Deutsch Wikipedia
Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… … Universalium
steel — steellike, adj. /steel/, n. 1. any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying … Universalium
