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n. A binary compound consisting of carbon and a more electropositive element, especially calcium.

n. A hard material made of compacted binary compounds of carbon and heavy metals, used to make tools that cut metal.

n. Any binary compound of carbon and a more electropositive element

n. The polyatomic ion C22−, or any of its salts.

n. The monatomic ion C4−, or any of its salts.

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

n. Tungsten carbide.

n. trivial name for calcium carbide (CaC2), used to produce acetylene in bicycle lamps in the early 1900s.

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.

n. A compound of carbon with a metal. Formerly called carburet.

n. a binary compound of carbon with a more electropositive element

"Boron carbide is one of the two most commonly used materials in the manufacture of the ceramic ballistic-protective plates used today by America’s frontline troops."

inorganic compound   

cementite   

carburet   

silicon carbide    calcium carbide   

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

nitride    tungsten    rattler    halogen    trioxide    razor-sharp    silicon    burchwell    metallization    self-tapping