Cyanamid (Noun)
Meaning
A weak soluble dibasic acid (the parent acid of cyanamide salts).
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- Cyanamid is a colorless crystalline compound, also known as calcium cyanamide, that was previously marketed as a fertilizer and plant growth stimulator.
- Calcium cyanamid reacts with water to produce cyanamid and calcium carbonate.
- Cyanamid reacts with water to form urea and cyanic acid.
- Cyanamid was originally manufactured by the cyanamid process from limestone and coke, developed by the German chemist Adolph Frank in 1895.
- Cyanamid serves as a precursor to various industrial chemicals, and it was used in the manufacture of the herbicide dithiobiuret and certain melamine resins.