电石是碳化钙的俗名，电石气是乙炔的俗名。它们从化学家们实验中偶然被获得而无所应用转变到大规模生产而成为合成材料的基石。距今160年前，1836年，英国著名化学家戴维·汉弗莱（Davy，HumPhry1778－1829）的堂弟，爱尔兰港口城市科克（Cork）皇家学院化学教授戴维·爱德蒙 Calcium carbide is the common name of calcium carbide, calcium carbide is the common name of acetylene. They have been the cornerstone of synthetic materials from the occasional gain of chemists’ experiments and the shift to mass production. 160 years ago, 1836, the cousin of the famous British chemist Davy (HumPhry1778-1829), David Edmond, professor of chemistry at Cork Imperial College in the port city of Ireland,