ALL meanings of cyanamide
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C c - noun cyanamide a white or colourless crystalline soluble weak dibasic acid, which can be hydrolysed to urea. Formula: H2NCN 3
- noun cyanamide a salt or ester of cyanamide 3
- noun cyanamide a caustic, white, crystalline compound, H2N·CN, usually prepared by the reaction of carbon dioxide with calcium cyanamide in water and used to make other chemicals, as thiourea 3
- noun cyanamide calcium cyanamide 3
- noun cyanamide (chemistry) A chemical compound, NH2CN; a white crystalline solid, soluble in water, having many commercial applications including fertilizer. 1
- noun cyanamide a white, crystalline, unstable, deliquescent solid, CH 2 N 2 , usually produced by the action of ammonia on cyanogen chloride or by the action of sulfuric acid on calcium cyanamide. 1
- noun cyanamide (not in technical use) calcium cyanamide. 1
- noun cyanamide (organic chemistry) Any derivative of this compound in which one or more hydrogen atoms are replaced by an alkyl or aryl group. 0