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Cellulose nitrate   /sˈɛljəlˌoʊs nˈaɪtrˌeɪt/   Listen
Cellulose nitrate

noun
1.
A nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives.  Synonyms: guncotton, nitrocellulose, nitrocotton.





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"Cellulose nitrate" Quotes from Famous Books



... (nitrocellulose) will serve as a food supply for moulds when suspended in distilled water containing the requisite mineral matter and placed in the dark. The growth is rapid, and a considerable quantity of the vegetable growth accumulates round the masses of cellulose nitrate, but no growth is observed if mineral matter is absent. Cellulose itself cannot act as a food supply, and it seems probable that if glycerol is present cellulose nitrate is no ...
— Researches on Cellulose - 1895-1900 • C. F. Cross


Words linked to "Cellulose nitrate" :   celluloid, nitrate, nitrocotton, pyroxylin, cellulose ester, pyroxyline, blasting gelatin, cordite, pyrocellulose


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