Definition of Cyanamid

1. Noun. A weak soluble dibasic acid (the parent acid of cyanamide salts).

Exact synonyms: Cyanamide
Generic synonyms: Acid

Definition of Cyanamid

1. a chemical compound [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cyanamid

cxlv
cxv
cxx
cxxv
cxxx
cxxxv
cy-près
cy pres
cy pres doctrine
cyamelide
cyamemazine
cyan
cyan-
cyanaemia
cyanalcohols
cyanamid (current term)
cyanamide
cyanamides
cyanamids
cyanate
cyanate permease
cyanated
cyanates
cyanation
cyanations
cyanato
cyanatos
cyanaurate
cyanaurates
cyanean

Literary usage of Cyanamid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report on the Fertilizer Industry: August 19, 1916 by United States Federal Trade Commission (1916)
"The cyanamid industry is also dependent upon cheap coke which is used in ... Calcium cyanamid is a dark-colored salt, usually containing from 18 to 23 per ..."

2. Manures and Fertilizers: A Text-book for College Students and a Work of by Homer Jay Wheeler (1913)
"Calcium cyanamid a new product. — A nitrogenous fertilizer which has been rendered possible by the recent electrical development is calcium cyanamid, ..."

3. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"Individuals who inspire calcium cyanamid in the course of their ... The symptoms of calcium cyanamid poisoning consist in brief attacks of general weakness ..."

4. Liquid Air and the Liquefaction of Gases: A Practical Work Giving the Entire by Thomas O'Conor Sloane (1919)
"cyanamid Process for Utilization of Atmospheric Nitrogen— Calcium Carbide as Used in the cyanamid Process— Direct Use of cyanamid as a Fertilizer—-Cyanid ..."

5. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1920)
"What the exact chemical reaction of the cyanamid upon the ... In practice, the calcium cyanamid is immersed in the bath of melted salts and as soon as a ..."

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