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Definition of Nitrocellulose
1. Noun. A nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives.
Substance meronyms: Blasting Gelatin, Cordite, Celluloid
Generic synonyms: Cellulose Ester, Nitrate
Specialized synonyms: Pyrocellulose, Pyroxylin, Pyroxyline
Definition of Nitrocellulose
1. n. See Gun cotton, under Gun.
Definition of Nitrocellulose
1. Noun. (organic compound) A cotton-like material, made from cellulose by the action of nitric and sulphuric acids, used in the manufacture of explosives, collodion etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nitrocellulose
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Nitrocellulose
1. A nitrogen-sequence or antibody. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nitrocellulose
Literary usage of Nitrocellulose
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Technology of Cellulose Esters: A Theoretical and Practical Treatise on the by Edward Chauncey Worden (1921)
"Saponification of nitrocellulose by Caustic Soda 1676 CXVI. ... Solubility of
nitrocellulose 1725 CXX. Solubility of nitrocellulose 1726 CXXI. ..."
2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1903)
"This tube is then immersed in a bath kept at 65.5° C. ± i°, for nitrocellulose,
and at 100° C. ± 1°, for nitrocellulose powders. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"As far as the military small-arm powders are concerned, England, Italy, and Norway
generally uso nitroglycerin powders, other countries nitrocellulose ..."
4. Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1922)
"The nitrocellulose may be either high-nitration guncotton insoluble in ether-
alcohol, as in British ... The nitrocellulose insoluble in water is tested for ..."
5. Notes on Military Explosives by Erasmus Morgan Weaver (1912)
"After boiling, the nitrocellulose shall have ten cold-water washings, each washing
to consist of agitation, by mechanical means, for one-half hour in a ..."
6. Explosives: A Synoptic and Critical Treatment of the Literature of the by Heinrich Brunswig (1912)
"The chemical stability of gelatinized nitrocellulose, strange to say, is often much
... Since the transformation of loose nitrocellulose into gelatinized ..."
7. Ordnance and Gunnery: A Text-book Prepared for the Cadets of the United by Ormond Mitchell Lissak (1907)
"The length of time required for the drying of nitrocellulose powders has led to the
... One, stabilite, is composed of nitrocellulose with or without ..."
8. Notes on Military Explosives by Erasmus Morgan Weaver (1917)
"nitrocellulose POWDERS. nitrocellulose may be considered as the base of all ...
The nitrocellulose molecule contains within itself the elements carbon, ..."
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