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nitrocellulose
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nitrocellulose /ni·tro·cel·lu·lose/ (ni″tro-sel´ūl-ōs) pyroxylin.
ni·tro·cel·lu·lose (ntr-sly-ls, -lz)
n.
See cellulose nitrate.
nitrocellulose (nitr)
[-sel′yəlōs]
a mixture of nitrate esters of cellulose made by treating cotton with nitric and sulfuric acids. Solutions in a mixture of ether and alcohol are used as "plastic skin" under the name of collodion. Also called pyroxylin.
pyroxylin [pi-rok´sĭ-lin]
a product of the action of a mixture of nitric and sulfuric acids on cotton; used to make collodion.
nitrocellulose
pyroxylin, a base which is dissolved in alcohol or ether to form collodion.
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