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.
pyroxylin.
py·rox·y·lin (p -r k s -l n)n. A highly flammable cellulose nitrate used in the manufacture of collodion, plastics, and lacquers. Also called trinitrocellulose. |
pyroxylin.
See nitrocellulose.
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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