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cyanamide Chem.|saɪˈænəmaɪd| [f. cyan- 2 + amide.] The amide of cyanogen CN2H2, a white crystalline body; also, a salt of this compound, in which one or both of the hydrogen atoms are replaced by another element or radical; spec. = calcium cyanamide (CaCn2), used as a fertilizer and as a source of other nitrogen compounds. cyanamide process, the production of calcium cyanamide by the reaction between calcium carbide (CaC2) and nitrogen at a high temperature.
1838T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 781 If we sprinkle ammonia on crystallized chloride of cyanogen, and heat gently, it loses its crystalline aspect, and is reduced to a white powder..This substance is cyanamide. 1897Jrnl. Chem. Soc. LXXI. i. 460 Among the products of the change..we get sodium cyanide and sodium cyanamide, C(NNa)2. 1914J. Knox Fixation Atmosph. Nitrogen 88 The metallic cyanamides are derivatives of cyanamide, H2CN2. 1922Partington & Parker Nitrogen Industry 188 The second important method of nitrogen fixation—viz., the cyanamide process. 1926J. F. Crowley in E. Fyleman tr. Waeser's Atmosph. Nitr. Industry I. p. xiv, Cyanamide has been found to be a useful fertiliser for particular soils. 1965P. A. S. Smith Chem. Open-Chain Org. Nitrogen Compounds I. vi. 251 Substituted cyanamides are for the most part named by simply adding the name of the substituent, as ‘methylcyanamide’. Ibid. 253 Heavy metal cyanamides, however, have solubilities similar to sulfides and acetylides. |