62 relations: Acetylene, Algemeen Dagblad, Bamboo cannon, Big-Bang Cannon, Bolivia, Calcium, Calcium cyanamide, Calcium hydroxide, Calcium nitride, Calcium oxide, Calcium phosphide, Calcium sulfide, Carbide, Carbide lamp, Cast iron, Caving, Chemical compound, Chemical formula, Chemical industry, Coal, Coke (fuel), Copper, Cyanamide, Davy lamp, Deoxidization, Desulfurisation, Electric arc furnace, Ethylene, Flare, Frank–Caro process, Friedrich Wöhler, Gas, Graphite, Halite, Headlamp, Headlamp (outdoor), Henri Moissan, Holmes' Marine Life Protection Association, Hydroelectricity, Industrial Revolution, Ladle (metallurgy), Light-emitting diode, Lime (material), Liquid, Methane, Milk churn, Niagara Falls, Pearson symbol, Periodic Videos, Phosphine, ..., Pig iron, Plant Physiology (journal), Polyvinyl chloride, Potosí, Ripening, Safety lamp, Silicon carbide, Silver, Slate, Solid, Thomas Willson, Tin. Expand index (12 more) »
Acetylene
Acetylene (systematic name: ethyne) is the chemical compound with the formula C2H2.
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Algemeen Dagblad
The Algemeen Dagblad or AD is a Dutch daily newspaper based in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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Bamboo cannon
A bamboo cannon (meriam buluh, Jawi: مريام بولوه; kanyóng kawayan;, Bahasa Indonesia: meriam bambu, Javanese: mercon bumbung) is a type of home-made firecracker which is popular during the Hari Raya festive season in Malaysia, and during New Year's Eve celebrations in the Philippines.
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Big-Bang Cannon
The Big-Bang Cannon is an American toy cannon first manufactured in the early 20th-century.
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Bolivia
Bolivia (Mborivia; Buliwya; Wuliwya), officially known as the Plurinational State of Bolivia (Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia), is a landlocked country located in western-central South America.
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Calcium
Calcium is a chemical element with symbol Ca and atomic number 20.
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Calcium cyanamide
Calcium cyanamide is the inorganic compound with the formula CaCN2.
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Calcium hydroxide
Calcium hydroxide (traditionally called slaked lime) is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula Ca(OH)2.
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Calcium nitride
Calcium nitride is the inorganic compound with the chemical formula Ca3N2.
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Calcium oxide
Calcium oxide (CaO), commonly known as quicklime or burnt lime, is a widely used chemical compound.
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Calcium phosphide
Calcium phosphide (CP) is the inorganic compound with the formula Ca3P2.
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Calcium sulfide
Calcium sulfide is the chemical compound with the formula CaS.
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Carbide
In chemistry, a carbide is a compound composed of carbon and a less electronegative element.
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Carbide lamp
Carbide lamps, or acetylene gas lamps, are simple lamps that produce and burn acetylene (C2H2) which is created by the reaction of calcium carbide (CaC2) with water (H2O).
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Cast iron
Cast iron is a group of iron-carbon alloys with a carbon content greater than 2%.
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Caving
Caving – also traditionally known as spelunking in the United States and Canada and potholing in the United Kingdom and Ireland – is the recreational pastime of exploring wild (generally non-commercial) cave systems.
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Chemical compound
A chemical compound is a chemical substance composed of many identical molecules (or molecular entities) composed of atoms from more than one element held together by chemical bonds.
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Chemical formula
A chemical formula is a way of presenting information about the chemical proportions of atoms that constitute a particular chemical compound or molecule, using chemical element symbols, numbers, and sometimes also other symbols, such as parentheses, dashes, brackets, commas and plus (+) and minus (−) signs.
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Chemical industry
The chemical industry comprises the companies that produce industrial chemicals.
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Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams.
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Coke (fuel)
Coke is a fuel with a high carbon content and few impurities, usually made from coal.
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Copper
Copper is a chemical element with symbol Cu (from cuprum) and atomic number 29.
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Cyanamide
Cyanamide is an organic compound with the formula CN2H2.
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Davy lamp
The Davy lamp is a safety lamp for use in flammable atmospheres, invented in 1815 by Sir Humphry Davy.
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Deoxidization
Deoxidization is a method used in metallurgy to remove the oxygen content during steel manufacturing.
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Desulfurisation
Desulfurisation is a chemical process for the removal of sulfur from a material.
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Electric arc furnace
An electric arc furnace (EAF) is a furnace that heats charged material by means of an electric arc.
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Ethylene
Ethylene (IUPAC name: ethene) is a hydrocarbon which has the formula or H2C.
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Flare
A flare, also sometimes called a fusee, is a type of pyrotechnic that produces a brilliant light or intense heat without an explosion.
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Frank–Caro process
The Frank–Caro process, also called cyanamide process, is the nitrogen fixation reaction of calcium carbide with nitrogen gas in a reactor vessel at about 1,000°C.
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Friedrich Wöhler
Friedrich Wöhler (31 July 1800 – 23 September 1882) was a German chemist, best known for his synthesis of urea, but also the first to isolate several chemical elements.
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Gas
Gas is one of the four fundamental states of matter (the others being solid, liquid, and plasma).
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Graphite
Graphite, archaically referred to as plumbago, is a crystalline allotrope of carbon, a semimetal, a native element mineral, and a form of coal.
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Halite
Halite, commonly known as rock salt, is a type of salt, the mineral (natural) form of sodium chloride (NaCl).
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Headlamp
A headlamp is a lamp attached to the front of a vehicle to light the road ahead.
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Headlamp (outdoor)
A headlamp or headlight (known as a head torch in the UK) is a light source affixed to the head for outdoor activities at night or in dark conditions such as caving, orienteering, hiking, skiing, backpacking, camping, mountaineering or mountain biking.
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Henri Moissan
Ferdinand Frederick Henri Moissan (28 September 1852 – 20 February 1907) was a French chemist who won the 1906 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in isolating fluorine from its compounds.
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Holmes' Marine Life Protection Association
The Holmes' Marine Life Protection Association was a United Kingdom company set up in the 19th century to produce marine signal lights and foghorns.
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Hydroelectricity
Hydroelectricity is electricity produced from hydropower.
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Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840.
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Ladle (metallurgy)
In metallurgy, a ladle is a vessel used to transport and pour out molten metals.
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Light-emitting diode
A light-emitting diode (LED) is a two-lead semiconductor light source.
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Lime (material)
Lime is a calcium-containing inorganic mineral in which oxides, and hydroxides predominate.
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Liquid
A liquid is a nearly incompressible fluid that conforms to the shape of its container but retains a (nearly) constant volume independent of pressure.
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Methane
Methane is a chemical compound with the chemical formula (one atom of carbon and four atoms of hydrogen).
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Milk churn
A milk churn is a tall, conical or cylindrical container for the transportation of milk.
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Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls is the collective name for three waterfalls that straddle the international border between the Canadian province of Ontario and the American state of New York.
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Pearson symbol
The Pearson symbol, or Pearson notation, is used in crystallography as a means of describing a crystal structure, and was originated by W.B. Pearson.
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Periodic Videos
The Periodic Table of Videos (usually shortened to Periodic Videos) is a series of videos about chemical elements and the periodic table.
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Phosphine
Phosphine (IUPAC name: phosphane) is the compound with the chemical formula PH3.
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Pig iron
Pig iron is an intermediate product of the iron industry.
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Plant Physiology (journal)
Plant Physiology is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal that covers research on physiology, biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology, genetics, biophysics, and environmental biology of plants.
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Polyvinyl chloride
Polyvinyl chloride, also known as polyvinyl or '''vinyl''', commonly abbreviated PVC, is the world's third-most widely produced synthetic plastic polymer, after polyethylene and polypropylene.
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Potosí
Potosí is a capital city and a municipality of the department of Potosí in Bolivia.
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Ripening
Ripening is a process in fruits that causes them to become more palatable.
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Safety lamp
A safety lamp is any of several types of lamp that provides illumination in coal mines and is designed to operate in air that may contain coal dust or gases both of which are potentially flammable or explosive.
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Silicon carbide
Silicon carbide (SiC), also known as carborundum, is a semiconductor containing silicon and carbon.
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Silver
Silver is a chemical element with symbol Ag (from the Latin argentum, derived from the Proto-Indo-European ''h₂erǵ'': "shiny" or "white") and atomic number 47.
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Slate
Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism.
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Solid
Solid is one of the four fundamental states of matter (the others being liquid, gas, and plasma).
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Thomas Willson
Thomas Leopold "Carbide" Willson (March 14, 1860 – December 20, 1915) was a Canadian inventor.
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Tin
Tin is a chemical element with the symbol Sn (from stannum) and atomic number 50.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium_carbide