Meaning | A nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives. |
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Synonyms | cellulose nitrate, guncotton, nitrocotton |
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Narrower | pyrocellulose | nitrocellulose containing less nitrogen than guncotton |
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pyroxylin, pyroxyline | Highly flammable nitrocellulose used in making collodion and plastics and lacquers |
Broader | cellulose ester | Any ester of cellulose with an acid |
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nitrate | Any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid) |
Substance of | blasting gelatin | mixture of guncotton with nitroglycerin |
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celluloid | Highly flammable substance made from cellulose nitrate and camphor |
cordite | explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded in brown cords |
Spanish | algodón pólvora, nitrato de celulosa, nitrocelulosa |
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Catalan | cotó pólvora, nitrocel·lulosa, nitrocelulosa |
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