[MacGyver] would be proud of [Hyperspace Pirate]’s rough and ready method of producing acetylene gas from seashells and driftwood. Acetylene, made by decomposing calcium carbide with water, is a ...

Chemical applications of calcium carbide have been the focus of recent research, advancing the idea of diverse acetylene chemistry on the basis of carbide technology. Using a proposed approach, cheap ...

Robots that can navigate different types of terrain could help scientists collect information in hard-to-reach places. That navigation can be tricky, however. For example, launching a robot from the ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio has announced the top five leading vendors in their recent global calcium carbide market report. This market research report also lists 11 other prominent vendors ...

PROF. SODDY is a trifle impetuous: my reference to Hazlitt was not out of place, it seems. If I follow my critic, as only a small heap of solid phosphate of lime will be left of me when I am burnt, I ...

Despite the fact that summers bring with themselves scorching heat, sweat, sunburn, and dehydration, one of the best parts of the hot season is mangoes! Yes, called the king of fruits, the divine ...

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NAFDAC explained that only welders are permitted to use calcium carbide for tasks such as melting iron and not sold to fruit vendors. The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control ...

More than 60 people, most of them children aged between 8 and 14, were hospitalised in Bhopal after suffering injuries caused by the use of calcium carbide guns during Diwali celebrations, PTI ...

Kochi: The container vessel MSC Elsa 3 sank off Kerala coast on Sunday following a critical emergency at the Arabian sea, and a coordinated rescue operation saved all 24 crew members on board. However ...

Over the last few decades, researchers have focused their attention on very large molecules and molecular systems. Scientists from all over the world study proteomics, genomics, construct complex ...