calcium carbide plant and machinery
calcium carbide plant and machinery manufacturer. The reaction of calcium carbide with water producing acetylene and calcium hydroxide was discovered by Friedrich Wöhler in 1862 CaC 2 s 2H 2 O aq → C 2 H 2 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