Calcium carbide basic information

Calcium carbide, with the chemical formula CaC₂, is also commonly called carbide. It is an important inorganic chemical raw material. Pure calcium carbide is a colorless transparent crystal, while industrial products are mostly gray-black or brown irregular lumps with a garlic-like odor. When we export the calcium carbide, we use the HS code 2849100000, usually load 22.5 tons per 20GP without pallets. If with pallets, will be more easy to load and unload.  Some client want to load more quantity, to save the unit shipping cost, then without pallets is better. But some clients, as the high cost of labors, they prefer to load with pallets.

Our calcium carbide manufacturers in China

We are the calcium carbide manufacturers in China, we can make the calcium carbide 1-4mm. 4-7mm, 7-15mm, 15-25mm, 25-50mm, 50-80mm, 80-120mm. And can do customized size for you also. As the calcium carbide manufacturers in China, we can do customized packing for you also. We can supply 100kg drum and 50kg iron new drums, can make normal Marks, and do print your company details on the drums also. As the calcium carbide manufacturers in China, we have the goods in stock, once we confirm the order, we can arrange the quickly shipping for you. And as the calcium carbide manufactirers in China, we can make our production plan, choose the best raw materials, keep the final calcium carbide quality, and customized as your request.

Main Uses of Calcium Carbide

Calcium carbide is primarily used to produce acetylene gas, which is the most important for oxy-acetylene welding and metal cutting due to its high flame temperature. In the chemical industry, acetylene derived from carbide serves as a raw material for making plastics like PVC, as well as solvents and synthetic rubber. Calcium carbide is also used in steelmaking plant as a desulfurizing and deoxidizing agent to remove impurities. Additionally, it helps produce calcium cyanamide, a nitrogen fertilizer, and used for fruit ripening.