Calcium carbide reaction with

At about the same time that the Birkeland-Eyde process was developed, the Frank-Caro cyanamide process was commercialized (14). In this process limestone is heated to produce lime, which then reacts with carbon in a highly energy-demanding reaction to give calcium carbide. Reaction with N2 gives calcium cyanamide [150-62-7] which hydrolyzes to ammonia and calcium carbonate (see Cyanamides). 

Several other processes for extracting Be from beryl have been patented the most feasible involves the formation of BeCl2 by direct chlorination of beryl under reducing conditions several volatile chlorides are produced by this reaction (BeCl2, AICI3, SiCl4 and FeClj) and are separated by fractional condensation to give the product in a pure state. Other methods involve the fusion of beryl with carbon and pyrites, with calcium carbide and with silicon. 

Carbide lamps were used as a source of light for miners, but they tended to explode if not carefully maintained. Calcium carbide reacts with water to produce acetylene, (a) Write the balanced equation for the reaction, (b) What number... 

The ca. 80% carbide produced, the rest being mainly calcium oxide, is formed as a liquid and is removed as blocks. Crucial in the economics of calcium carbide production is, in addition to the price of the raw materials, the electricity price, because the process is very energy intensive, 2.8 to 3.1 MWh being required per t. Calcium carbide furnaces with power demands up to 70 MW generally have to be operated with three-phase current and utilize Soderberg hollow carbon electrodes dipped deeply into the reaction mixture. 

Decomposition reactions are usually endothermic, whereas combination reactions are usually exothermic. Give a qualitative explanation for these trends. Acetylene (C2H2) can be made by reacting calcium carbide (CaC2) with water, (a) Write an equation for the reaction, (b) What is the maximum amount of heat (in joules) that can be obtained from the combustion of acetylene, starting with 74.6 g of CaC2 ... 

Acetylene (C2H2) can be produced from the reaction of calcium carbide (CaC2) with water. Use both the localized electron and molecular orbital models to describe the bonding in the acetylide anion (Cj "). 

The reaction of calcium carbide (CaCj) with water produces acetylene (C2H2). s flammable gas. 

Acetylene [4]. Acetylene is a gas that is obtained treating calcium carbide (CaC2) with water according to the following reaction ... 

Caution. Carbon monoxide is a highly poisonous, colorless, and odorless gas. Calcium carbide reacts with water to produce flammable, poisonous ethyne gas. This reaction should be carried out in a well-ventilated hood and in the absence of water. 

Calcium carbide Reactions in fused salts with chlorosilanes... 

Acetylene is generated by the chemical reaction between calcium carbide [75-20-7J and water with the release of 134 kJ/mol (900 Btu/lb of pure calcium carbide). 

Sihca is reduced to siUcon at 1300—1400°C by hydrogen, carbon, and a variety of metallic elements. Gaseous siUcon monoxide is also formed. At pressures of >40 MPa (400 atm), in the presence of aluminum and aluminum haUdes, siUca can be converted to silane in high yields by reaction with hydrogen (15). SiUcon itself is not hydrogenated under these conditions. The formation of siUcon by reduction of siUca with carbon is important in the technical preparation of the element and its alloys and in the preparation of siUcon carbide in the electric furnace. Reduction with lithium and sodium occurs at 200—250°C, with the formation of metal oxide and siUcate. At 800—900°C, siUca is reduced by calcium, magnesium, and aluminum. Other metals reported to reduce siUca to the element include manganese, iron, niobium, uranium, lanthanum, cerium, and neodymium (16). 

Boron Triiodide. Boron ttiiodide is not manufactured on a large scale. Small-scale production of BI from boron and iodine is possible in the temperature range 700—900°C (70—72). Excess I2 can be removed as Snl by reaction with Sn, followed by distillation (71). The reaction of metal tetrahydroborates and I2 is convenient for laboratory preparation of BI (73,74). BI can also by synthesized from B2H and HI in a furnace at 250°C (75), or by the reaction of B with excess Agl or Cul between 450—700°C, under vacuum (76). High purity BI has been prepared by the reaction of I2 with mixtures of boron carbide and calcium carbide at elevated temperatures. 

Reaction With Water. The exothermic reaction of calcium carbide and water-yielding acetylene forms the basis of the most important industrial use of calcium carbide. 

Reaction With Sulfur. An important use of calcium carbide has developed in the iron (qv) and steel (qv) industries where the carbide has been found to be an effective desulfurizing agent for blast-furnace iron. Calcium carbide and sulfur present in the molten metal react... 

Reaction With Nitrogen. Calcium cyanamide is produced from calcium carbide... 

Further down, ca 75 cm below the electrode tips, the mix is hot enough (2200—2500°C) to allow the lime to melt. The coke does not melt and the hquid lime percolates downward through the relatively fixed bed of coke forming calcium carbide, which is Hquid at this temperature. Both Hquids erode coke particles as they flow downward. The weak carbide first formed is converted to richer material by continued contact and reaction with coke particles. The carbon monoxide gas produced in this area must be released by flowing back up through the charge. The process continues down to the taphole level. Material in this area consists of soHd coke wetted in a pool of Hquid lime and Hquid calcium carbide at the furnace bottom. 

Coatiauous kilns were first used ia Germany at Knapsack (20) and later at Trostberg (21). In the Knapsack process, calcium carbide (0.75—2 mm ia size) is fed to a rotary kiln, 3 m ia diameter and 12 m long with 1% slope 1—2% calcium chloride is added to promote the reaction. The kiln produces 12—13 t fixed nitrogen per day. The product is granular and can be sold without further processiag. 

Reaction of coke with calcium oxide gives calcium carbide, which on treatment with water produces acetylene. This was for many years an important starting point for the production of acrylonitrile, vinyl chloride, vinyl acetate and other vinyl monomers. Furthermore, during World War II, Reppe developed routes for many other monomers although these were not viable under normal economic conditions. 

Normal Fischer esterification of tertiary alcohols is unsatisfactory because the acid catalyst required causes dehydration or rearrangement of the tertiary substrate. Moreover, reactions with acid chlorides or anhydrides are also of limited value for similar reasons. However, treatment of acetic anhydride with calcium carbide (or calcium hydride) followed by addition of the dry tertiary alcohol gives the desired acetate in good yield. 

Methods of EGA using selective sorption, condensation of effluent gases, infrared absorption and thermoparticulate analysis have been reviewed by Lodding [144]. The use of simple gas burette systems should not be forgotten and an Orsat gas analysis apparatus can provide useful measurements in studies of the decomposition of formates [169]. Problems have been encountered in the determination of water released Kiss et al. [170—172] have measured the formation of this compound from infrared analyses of the acetylene evolved following reaction of water with calcium carbide. Kinetic data may be obtained by wet methods ammonia, determined by titration after absorption in an aqueous solution, has been used to measure a—time values for the decomposition of ammonium salts in a fluidized bed [173],... 

Calcium carbide, CaC2, reacts with water to form calcium hydroxide and the flammable gas ethyne (acetylene). This reaction was once used for lamps on bicycles, because the reactants are easily transported, (a) Which is the limiting reactant when 1.00 X 102 g of water reacts with 1.00 X 102 g of calcium carbide (b) What mass of ethyne can he produced (c) What mass of excess reactant remains after reaction is complete Assume that the calcium carbide is pure and that all the ethyne produced is collected. The chemical equation is... 

This reaction shows that the methide ion is a very strong Bmnsted base. The species C22 is the acetylide ion, and the carbides that contain it are called acetylides. The acetylide ion is also a strong Bronsted base, and acctylides react with water to produce ethyne (acetylene) and the corresponding hydroxide. Calcium carbide, CaC2, is the most common saline carbide. 

These give rise to the same dangerous reactions as chromium halides. Iron dichloride and trichloride detonate in contact with sodium or potassium. There is also a violent combustion of an iron trichloride/calcium carbide mixture, which leads to the formation of melted iron. 

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