Crossword clues for cyanamide
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context chemistry English) A chemical compound, NH2CN; a white crystalline solid, soluble in water, having many commercial applications including fertilizer 2 (context organic compound English) Any derivative of this compound in which one or more hydrogen atoms are replaced by an alkyl or aryl group
WordNet
n. a weak soluble dibasic acid (the parent acid of cyanamide salts) [syn: cyanamid]
a compound used as a fertilizer and as a source of nitrogen compounds [syn: calcium-cyanamide]
Wikipedia
Cyanamide is an organic compound with the formula C N H. This white solid is widely used in agriculture and the production of pharmaceuticals and other organic compounds. It is also used as an alcohol deterrent drug in Canada, Europe and Japan. The molecule features a nitrile group attached to an amino group. Derivatives of this compound are also referred to as cyanamides, the most common being calcium cyanamide (CaCN).
Usage examples of "cyanamide".
Modern chemists, however, made it from nitrogen of the very air we breathe, and in Germany it was made during the war from ammonia and calcium cyanamide, both of which may be obtained from the air.
Almost every day they came back to the trailer park with samples of new materials: sulphuric acid, sorel cements for the vault mortar, ammonium nitrate explosives, a calcium cyanamide rover fuel, polysulfide rubber, silicon-based hyperacids, emulsifying agents, a selection of test tubes holding trace elements extracted from the salts.
Almost every day they came back to the trailer park with samples of new materials: sulphuric acid, sorel cements for the vault mortar, ammonium nitrate explosives, a calcium cyanamide rover fuel, polysulfide rubber, silicon-based hyperacids, emulsifying agents, a selection of test tubes holding trace elements extracted from the salts, and, most recently, clear glass.