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What is calcium cyanamide? Why is it used as a fertilizer?

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Calcium cyanamide is $C a C N_{2}$ which is used as fertilizer.
Its reaction with water given compund $H C N$ that has properties of a fertilizer.
$C a C N_{2} + H_{2} O \to C a {(O H)}_{2} + H C N$

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