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Nitrocellulose   Listen
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Nitrocellulose  n.  (Chem.) See Gun cotton, under Gun.






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... nearly pure cellulose. It is insoluble in water, alcohol, and dilute acids. Sulphuric acid slowly converts it into dextrose. Nitric acid forms nitrates similar to nitroglycerin in composition and explosive properties. These nitrates are variously known as nitrocellulose, pyroxylin, and gun cotton. When exploded they yield only colorless gases; hence they are used especially in the manufacture of smokeless gunpowder. Collodion is a solution of nitrocellulose in a mixture of alcohol ...
— An Elementary Study of Chemistry • William McPherson



Words linked to "Nitrocellulose" :   nitrate, pyrocellulose, nitrocotton, guncotton, cellulose nitrate



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