Talk:Calcium carbide
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Hello, I was wondering if anyone else noticed the sim. of calcium carbide & the guys who are running the ford escort in tampa,fl. on water! The gas engine would run much more efficent with acetylene added. It could be piped straight into the intake manifold, A small amount would be a big milage booster. Let's build our own gas saver!
Delbert O'Neal. Louisville,ky.
- May be not, acetylene is explosive (so too is gasolene). Pyrotec 21:34, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Reaction to make acetylene
The article states that 1 gram of calcium carbide yields 349 mL of acetylene. Is that at STP or SATP, or some other conditions? This should be clarified.
- Calculate it it is easy molecular weight of C and Ca forming H-C-C-H treated as ideal gas 1 mol is 22l .
Chemists normaly assume 25°C and normal atmospheric pressure for their experiments.--Stone 12:11, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
Hello, can you tell me in how much enthalpy changing the reaction between water and calsium carbide? i really appreciate if you can, because i really need the value right now, please
[edit] exlpoding things
I have been told that feeding Calcium Carbide to mammals such as Pigeons will cause them to expose due to the production of Acetylene when it comes into contact with the water in their stomachs and then with the air when they evacuate themselves. Has anyone any practical experience on this? I believe whether it is or isn't true a section should be added to the article on this subject. 82.12.107.232 20:32, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Production of CaC2 -Reaction of CaO and Carbon
To whoever changed the production reaction stoichiometry:-
The oxidation of carbon only proceeds to CO not CO2 according to Greenwood and Earnshaw. Axiosaurus 22:10, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
