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Carbide
Inorganic compound group / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the software development tool targeting the Symbian OS, see Carbide.c++. For the metallic compound commonly used in machine tools, see Tungsten carbide. For the town in West Virginia, see Carbide, Wetzel County, West Virginia.
In chemistry, a carbide usually describes a compound composed of carbon and a metal. In metallurgy, carbiding or carburizing is the process for producing carbide coatings on a metal piece.[1]
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