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Calcium cyanamide is slowly hydrolysed to ammonia and calcium carbonate. For this reason calcium cyanamide, or "Nitrolime" is used as a nitrogen fertiliser in high rainfall (tropical) regions.

CaNCN
  +  
3
H2O
         
2
NH3
  +  
CaCO3
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Calcium cyanamide     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
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Ammonia     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Calcium carbonate     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Hydrolysis

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