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Carbon compounded with a non-metal (such as boron, calcium, or silicon) or metal (such as in cobalt, tantalum, titanium, tungsten, or vanadium). Metal carbides are characterized by their extreme hardness and resistance to high temperatures, and are used as abrasives, and in cutting, drilling, grinding, and polishing tools. See also hard metal.
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carbide is in the Industries, Manufacturing, & Technology subject.
carbide appears in the definition of the following term: water reactive
carbide appears in these other term: cemented carbide
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