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Calcium-cyanamide

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Noun

1. calcium-cyanamide, cyanamide

a compound used as a fertilizer and as a source of nitrogen compounds

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Calcium-cyanamide

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noun
a white crystalline compound formed by heating calcium carbide with nitrogen. It is important in the fixation of nitrogen and can be hydrolysed to ammonia or used as a fertilizer. Formula: CaCN2

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Calcium-cyanamide

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a white, crystalline compound, CaCN2, used as a fertilizer, weed killer, etc.

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