Calcium Carbide is a grayish-black lump or crystalline (sand-like) powder with a garlic-like odor. It is used to generate Acetylene gas, as a reducing agent, and in steel manufacturing and metal cutting.
Calcium Carbide is on the Right to Know Hazardous Substance List because it is cited by DOT, NFPA and EPA.
This chemical is on the Special Health Hazard Substance List.
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