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n. - A compound used as a fertilizer and as a source of nitrogen compounds; A weak soluble dibasic acid.

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  • Heated in the electric furnace in a current of air, it yields calcium cyanamide (see cyanamide).
  • Indeed it appears that calcium cyanamide did not come fully up to expectations as a fertilizer, but since its nitrogen content can be converted to ammonia relatively...
  • It has been shown that ammonia synthesis is not only more generally applicable than the conventional methods of converting the nitrogen contained in the air into fertilizer,...
  • Whereas it was considered a tremendous success in the past that the nitrogen fertilizer obtained from the nitrogen in the air, e.g. in the form of calcium cyanamide...
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