Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Carbureted \Car"bu*ret`ed\, a.
1. (Chem.) Combined with carbon in the manner of a carburet
or carbide.
2. Saturated or impregnated with some volatile carbon
compound; as, water gas is carbureted to increase its
illuminating power. [Written also {carburetted}.]
{Carbureted hydrogen gas}, any one of several gaseous
compounds of carbon and hydrogen, some of with make up
illuminating gas.
{Light carbureted hydrogen}, marsh gas, {CH4}; fire damp
Note: Although a gas, hydrogen is chemically similar to the
metals in its nature, having the properties of a weak
base. It is, in all acids, the base which is replaced
by metals and basic radicals to form salts. Like all
other gases, it is condensed by great cold and pressure
to a liquid which freezes and solidifies by its own
evaporation. It is absorbed in large quantities by
certain metals (esp. palladium), forming alloy-like
compounds; hence, in view of quasi-metallic nature, it
is sometimes called {hydrogenium}. It is the typical
reducing agent, as opposed to oxidizers, as oxygen,
chlorine, etc.
{Bicarbureted hydrogen}, an old name for ethylene.
{Carbureted hydrogen gas}. See under {Carbureted}.
{Hydrogen dioxide}, a thick, colorless liquid, {H2O2},
resembling water, but having a bitter, sour taste,
produced by the action of acids on barium peroxide. It
decomposes into water and oxygen, and is manufactured in
large quantities for an oxidizing and bleaching agent.
Called also {oxygenated water}.