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carbide [ˈkɑ:baɪd, Am ˈkɑ:r-] N CHEM

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Carbides of silicon, tungsten, boron and titanium, are among the hardest known materials, and are used as abrasives in cutting and grinding tools.
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As in the cases of most other refractory metals, the hardest known compounds of tantalum are its stable nitrides and carbides.
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The nanoparticles used in nanofluids are typically made of metals, oxides, carbides, or carbon nanotubes.
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The carbide reacts immediately with the water releasing acetylene gas.
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Titanium carbide and tungsten carbide are important industrially and are used to coat metals in cutting tools.
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The carbide was used in the manufacture of acetylene gas.
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Silicon carbide matrix is a good thermal conductor.
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Machining of metals was greatly enhanced with high speed steel and later very hard materials such as tungsten carbide for cutting edges.
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A stainless steel is said to be sensitized if chromium carbides are formed in the microstructure.
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The formation of chromium and tungsten carbides makes them very hard and wear resistant.
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