ni·tro·cel·lu·lose (n  tr -s l y -ls, -lz)n. A pulpy or cottonlike polymer derived from cellulose treated with sulfuric and nitric acids and used in the manufacture of explosives, collodion, plastics, and solid monopropellants. Also called guncotton, cellulose nitrate. ni tro·cellu·losic (-ls k, -zk) adj. |
nitrocellulose [ˌnaɪtrəʊˈsɛljʊˌləʊs]
n
(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) another name (not in chemical usage) for cellulose nitrate
| nitrocellulose (ntr-sly-ls) A pulpy or cottonlike polymer derived from cellulose treated with sulfuric and nitric acids. It is used in the manufacture of explosives, plastics, and solid propellants. |
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| Noun | 1. | nitrocellulose - a nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives blasting gelatin - mixture of guncotton with nitroglycerin cordite - explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded in brown cords cellulose ester - any ester of cellulose with an acid pyrocellulose - nitrocellulose containing less nitrogen than guncotton; used in making smokeless powder pyroxylin, pyroxyline - highly flammable nitrocellulose used in making collodion and plastics and lacquers celluloid - highly flammable substance made from cellulose nitrate and camphor; used in e.g. motion-picture and X-ray film; its use has decreased with the development of nonflammable thermoplastics nitrate - any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid) |
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