CARBIDE

n. chemical compound

For the software development tool targeting the Symbian OS, see Carbide.c++. In chemistry, Carbide is a compound of carbon with a less electronegative element. Carbides are important industrially; for example calcium carbide is a feedstock for the chemical industry and iron carbide, Fe3C (cementite), is formed in steels to improve their properties. Many carbides can be generally classified by chemical bonding type as follows:salt-like ionic compoundscovalent compounds interstitial compounds"intermediate" transition metal carbides (a group of carbides that in bonding terms sit between the salt-like and interstitial carbides). In addition to the carbides there are other groups of binary carbon compounds i.e. graphite intercalation compoundsalkali metal fulleridesendohedral fullerenes, where the metal atom is encapsulated inside a fullerene moleculemetallacarbohedrenes(met-cars) which are cluster compounds containing C2 units.
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Carbides, n 1. in chemistry, carbon binary compounds with strong electron-releasing properties. 2. mixtures of carbon with at least one heavy metal. [more]Carbide - Community and Resources

Noun
1. a binary compound of carbon with a more electropositive element
(hypernym) inorganic compound
(hyponym) calcium carbide

(n.)
A binary compound of carbon with some other element or radical, in which the carbon plays the part of a negative; -- formerly termed carburet.