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CARBURE CALCIUM FRITTE [1 record]

Record 1 2012-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Welding - Various Processes
OBS

Acetylene was developed back in 1836 by accident. Someone was mixing limestone and coal in the furnace, trying to get something else, but he came out with a clinker carbide.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés de soudage divers
OBS

Le mélange calcaire et coke donne du carbure de calcium ayant l'aspect de la poussière ou d'une substance frittée.

Spanish

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