Guest Black Alpha Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 What is the difference betweem Calcium Carbide and Calcium Chloride? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilded Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 There's a whole lot of difference. In both compounds though, there is a Ca+2 ion that has the other atoms around it. In calcium chloride, there are two chlorine atoms. In calcium carbide, there are two carbon atoms that are bound to each other in a triple bond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetrahedrite Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 Calcium carbibe is also extremely reactive, addding water to CaC2 will give ethyne (this is how the first street lights worked) where as adding water to CaCl2 will just cause it to dissolve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budullewraagh Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 calcium carbide is also known as "bangsite" acetylene oxidizes quite easily, which makes it so reactive...calcium chloride is quite stable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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