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INDEX 



Calcium — effect on decomposition 

 of cyanamide in soil, 33. 



Calcium carbide, analysis, 6 ; effect 

 of in fertilizer, 73 ; manufacture 

 of, 2, 4. 



Calcium Cyanamid, definition of, 4. 



Calcium cyanamide, definition of, 

 4 ; formation, 2 ; properties, 14 ; 

 temperature of formation, 2 ; 

 volatility, 6. See also Cyanamid, 



Calcium cyanamide carbonate, 16, 

 17, 38. 



Calcium cyanamide, definition, 4. 

 See also calcium cyanamide and 

 Cyanamid. 



Calcium hydroxide, effect on cyana- 

 mide decomposition, 48. See al- 

 so calcium, lime. 



Calcium nitrate, excessive appli- 

 cations, 69. 



Carbide. See calcium carbide, ba- 

 rium carbide. 



Carbon, effect on cyanamide de- 

 composition, 50. 



Carbon dioxide, action on calcium 

 cyanamide, 16 ; action in soil, 

 37, 38 ; effect on Cyanamid in 

 storage, 24-28. 



Cannizzare, 10. 



Caro, Dr. Nicodem, i, 2, 6, 11, 17; 

 method of analysis, 20. 



Catalytic agents, in cyanamide de" 

 composition, 42, 48-56, 58. 



Cementing powders, 9. 



Cereal crops, 86. 



Chloroform— as sterilizing agent, 

 33, 57- 



Cladosporium, in decomposition of 

 cyanamide, 34-36. 



Climate, effect on Cyanamid in 

 storage, 24-31. 



Cloez, 10. 



Colloids — effect on cyanamide de- 

 composition, 48-59. 



Commercial Cyanamid. See Cyana- 

 mid. 



Commercial derivatives, 8. 



Complete fertilizer mixtures, 89-94. 



Conversion of available phosphoric 

 acid in Cyanamid mixtures, 91-92. 



Copper oxide process, 5. 



Concentration of cyanamide, effect 

 on decomposition, 40, 42, 46, 47. 



Cyanamid: Agricultural use, 83-89; 

 analysis, 7, 8 ; analytical meth- 

 ods, 19-22 ; availability, 95-101 ; 

 decomposition in soil, 32-59 ; de- 

 finition of term, 4 ; derivatives, 

 8-18 ; development of industry, 

 1-8 ; excessive applications, 69 ; 

 fertilizer mixtures, 90-94 ; fire 

 and water hazard, 102-106; manu- 

 facture, 4-7 ; nitrification, 62-64 ; 

 retention in soil, 60-61 ; solu- 

 bility, 95-96; storage, 24-31; 

 toxicity, 65-82. See also cyana- 

 mide. 



Cyanamide : Action of acids, 12 ; 

 alkalies, 12; heat, 11; oxidizing 

 and reducing agents, 13, 95-101 ; 

 analysis of, 19-21 ; decomposition 

 in soil, 32-59 ; definition of term, 

 4 ; derivatives, 13-17 ; discovery, 

 10; properties, 11. See also 

 Cyanamid. 



Cyanides : Absent in Cyanamid, 2, 

 8 ; manufacture, 8 ; part in de- 

 velopment of Cyanamid indus- 

 try, I. 



Cyanuric acid, 12. 



Decomposition of Cyanamid in soil, 

 32-59 ; effect of— aeration, 47 ; 

 aluminum hydroxide, 52-54 ; 

 bauxite, 52-53 ; colloids, 48-59 ; 

 concentration of solution, 40, 

 carbon, 50 ; electrolytes, 48 ; 

 glass sand, 52-54 ; heat, 43 ; iron 

 oxide, 52-54, 56; iron hydrox- 

 ide, 54, 55 ; kaolin, 52-53 ; silicic 

 acid, 54 ; soil, 32-49 ; sterile soil, 

 44, 50, 56; umber, 52 ; tempera- 

 ture, 43 ; zeolites, 49; products 

 formed, 43-45, 5i : stages in, 37, 

 38. 57. 



