carbide

carbide

See also: Carbide

English

Noun

carbide (plural carbides)

1. (chemistry) Any binary compound of carbon and a more electropositive element
2. (chemistry) The polyatomic ion C₂²⁻, or any of its salts.
3. (chemistry) The monatomic ion C⁴⁻, or any of its salts.
4. (chemistry) A carbon-containing alloy or doping of a metal or semiconductor, such as steel.
5. (chemistry) Tungsten carbide.
6. (cycling) trivial name for calcium carbide (CaC₂), used to produce acetylene in bicycle lamps in the early 1900s.

Derived terms

• barium carbide
• beryllium carbide
• caesium carbonate
• boron carbide
• calcium carbide
• carbide lamp
• cerium carbide
• chromium carbide
• hafnium carbide
• iron carbide

• niobium carbide
• silicon carbide
• sodium carbide
• tantalum carbide
• titanium carbide
• tungsten carbide
• vanadium carbide
• yttrium carbide
• zirconium carbide

Translations

any binary compound of carbon and a more electropositive element

Catalan: carbur (ca) m Finnish: karbidi (fi) Italian: carburo (it) m Polish: węglik m

Spanish: carburo (es) m Swedish: karbid (sv) c Tagalog: karburo Turkish: karpit (tr)

polyatomic ion C₂^2-, or any of its salts

Italian: carburo (it) m Spanish: carburo (es) m

Turkish: karpit (tr)

monatomic ion C^4-, or any of its salts

Italian: carburo (it) m Spanish: carburo (es) m

Turkish: karpit (tr)

carbon-containing alloy or doping of a metal or semiconductor, such as steel

tungsten carbide

Italian: carburo di tungsteno m

Spanish: carburo de tungsteno m, carburo de volframio m

calcium carbide

Italian: carburo di calcio m Spanish: carburo de calcio m

Turkish: kalsiyum karpit

See also

• cementite