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nitrocellulose
(redirected from Nitrocellulose lacquer)

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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)

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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Composition of Nitrocellulose Lacquers Clear or transparent lacquers contain five types of ingredients: ?
The guitar player was quite worried about ruining the finish of his expensive guitar, because he suspected it had a Nitrocellulose lacquer finish on it.
However, the VOC emission of most acid reactive and the polyurethane lacquers was comparable to the nitrocellulose lacquer due to the difference in applied layer thickness.
 
 
 
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