calcium carbide
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blackish crystalline lumps that yield acetylene gas when in contact with water.
calcium carbide (CaC2)
a gray or black crystalline compound produced from lime and coke. When mixed with water, it yields acetylene gas (C2H2), which has been used as an anesthetic and was once used as a source of illumination in miners' lamps.