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pyroxylin

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pyroxylin /py·roxy·lin/ (pi-rok´sĭ-lin) a product of the action of a mixture of nitric and sulfuric acids on cotton; used to make collodion.
py·rox·y·lin (p-rks-ln)
n.
A highly flammable cellulose nitrate used in the manufacture of collodion, plastics, and lacquers. Also called trinitrocellulose.

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.

pyroxylin
a product of the action of a mixture of nitric and sulfuric acids on cotton, consisting chiefly of cellulose tetranitrate; a necessary ingredient of collodion.


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From 1938 to 1962 he worked for Pyroxylin Products, Chicago, IL, as a developer of lacquers and adhesives.
 
 
 
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