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What is the action of water on the following?
Calcium nitride

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Calcium nitride reacts with water or even the moisture in air to give ammonia and calcium hydroxide

$C a_{3} N_{2} + 6 H_{2} O \to 3 C a (O H)_{2} + 2 N H_{3}$

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