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cellulose acetate

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cellulose acetate
n.
Any of several compounds obtained by treating cellulose with acetic anhydride, used in lacquers, photographic film, transparent sheeting, and cigarette filters.
cellulose acetate
Noun
a nonflammable material used to make film, lacquers, and artificial fibres
cellulose acetate
Any of several compounds obtained by treating cellulose with acetic anhydride. Cellulose acetate is used in lacquers, photographic film, transparent sheeting, and cigarette filters. Also called acetate, cellulose.
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Noun1.cellulose acetate - an ester of acetic acid; used in fibers and fabrics; photographic films and varnishes
acetate rayon, acetate - a fabric made from fibers of cellulose acetate
cellulose ester - any ester of cellulose with an acid
cellulose triacetate, triacetate - cellulose acetate that is relatively slow to burn; used instead of celluloid for motion-picture film


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It is our impression that both hearing losses might have been attributable to osmotic disequilibrium in the labyrinth or to an acute labyrinthine injury caused by contamination of the blood by the degraded product of an old cellulose acetate hemodialyzer membrane; the hemodialyzer had been in use for 15 years.
Sudden sensorineural hearing loss and hemodialysis by Olatoke, Fatai / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
Enteric coatings generally consist of various polymers, such as cellulose acetate phthalate, cellulose acetate butyrate, ethylcellulose, polyvinyl acetate phthalate, and methacrylate copolymers.
Medications as a source of human exposure to phthalates by Calafat, Antonia M. / Environmental Health Perspectives
Application: Mills can produce high-purity pulps and cellulose derivatives such as cellulose acetate from Eucalyptus globulus or aspen wood via pulping in organic acid media (Milox or Acetosolv technologies) and TCF bleaching.
Production of acetate-grade pulps by organic acid pulping and TCF ... by Parajo, Juan Carlos / Solutions - for People, Processes and Paper
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