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cellulose nitrate

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cellulose nitrate
n.
A pulpy or cottonlike polymer derived from cellulose treated with sulfuric and nitric acids and used in the manufacture of explosives and plastics. Also called nitrocellulose.


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The emulsion coated cellulose nitrate film base made the process of shooting images easier.
4) Lacquering with a cellulose nitrate lacquer (three coats).
The cellulose nitrate films - one of which was made in 1899, just years after moving pictures were invented - were the property of Mr Adcock's father Fred, a research engineer for Courtaulds.
 
 
 
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