Question

hi ..what is the difference between carbide and water?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

The reaction of calcium carbide with water, producing acetylene and calcium hydroxide,[5] was discovered by Friedrich Wöhler in 1862.

CaC2(s) + 2H2O(aq) → C2H2(g) + Ca(OH)2(aq)

This reaction was the basis of the industrial manufacture of acetylene, and is the major industrial use of calcium carbide.

Today acetylene is mainly manufactured by the partial combustion of methane or appears as a side product in the ethylene stream from cracking of hydrocarbons. Approximately 400,000 tonnes are produced this way annually (see Acetylene Preparation)

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