nitrocellulose

[ UK /nˌa‍ɪtɹə‍ʊsˈɛljuːlˌə‍ʊz/ ]
[ US /ˌnaɪtɹoʊˈsɛɫjəˌɫoʊs/ ]
NOUN
  1. a nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives
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  • I studied both black and white and color photography in my homemade darkroom, and studied various earlier photographic techniques (i.e. daguerreotypes, tintypes, etc.) and discovered 1st hand the dangerousness of certain chemicals or materials (e.g. nitrocellulose-based film), even with proper ventilation. Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast: March 5-7, 2010 | Universe Today
  • The latter also, when distilled with hydrochloric acid, yields a larger proportion of furfuraldehyde than is obtained from nitrocellulose and nitrohydrocellulose. Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900
  • Modern, smokeless propellants date from 1846 when both nitrocellulose and nitroglycerin first emerged from European laboratories.
  • Modern, smokeless propellants date from 1846 when both nitrocellulose and nitroglycerin first emerged from European laboratories.
  • So how can we know how much nitrocellulose is its equivalent? When you buy a box of shotgun shells, what does Max. Dr. Eq. mean?
  • However, we're talking about a very energetic material composed, usually, of nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine.
  • In 1875 Nobel created blasting gelatin, a colloidal suspension of nitrocellulose in glycerin, and in 1887 ballistite, a nearly smokeless powder especially suitable for propelling military projectiles. Nobel, Alfred Bernhard
  • Dynamite (based on nitroglycerine) and guncotton (based on nitrocellulose) not only kept the DuPont company in the forefront of explosives but introduced it to real chemistry.
  • These nitrates are variously known as nitrocellulose, pyroxylin, and gun cotton. An Elementary Study of Chemistry
  • Nitrogen is an important component of common chemical explosives like TNT, nitroglycerin, gunpowder, guncotton, nitrocellulose, picric acid, and ammonium nitrate.
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