nitrocellulose
IPA: naɪtroʊsˈɛɫjʌɫoʊs
noun
- (organic chemistry) A cotton-like material, made from cellulose by the action of nitric and sulphuric acids, used in the manufacture of explosives, collodion etc.
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Examples of "nitrocellulose" in Sentences
- It was finished with nitrocellulose lacquer.
- Pyrocollodion is a variant of nitrocellulose.
- Method and apparatus for drying nitrocellulose powder.
- It is used as a solvent for lacquer and nitrocellulose.
- Camphor is used as plasticizer for nitrocellulose film.
- Its ingredients are PETN with nitrocellulose and a binder.
- It is used as a stabilizer for nitrocellulose preparations.
- Primex Powder. with nitrocellulose accounting for the remainder.
- It is also used as a stabilizer in the production of nitrocellulose.
- Nitroglycerine and nitrocellulose were then processed to produce Cordite.
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