NAFDAC explained that only welders are permitted to use calcium carbide for tasks such as melting iron and not sold to fruit vendors. The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control ...

Calcium acetylide was discovered more than 150 years ago. It is a yellowish-white, beige, or grey solid, a compound of calcium and carbon. Calcium acetylide is currently used to produce gaseous ...

The National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said that it will intensify the raid on sellers of calcium carbide used in ripening fruits and markets where produce with ...

[MacGyver] would be proud of [Hyperspace Pirate]’s rough and ready method of producing acetylene gas from seashells and driftwood. Acetylene, made by decomposing calcium carbide with water, is a ...

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