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Carbide Of Calcium |
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This section is from the book "The Home Cyclopedia Of General Information", by Charles Morris. Also available from Amazon: Home Cyclopedia of Necessary Knowledge.
A product of the electric furnace, consisting in a compound of calcium and carbon. It is of interest from the fact that when met it yields in abundance acetylene gas, remarkable for its illuminating powers.
 
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