(materials) Any of various nitrocellulose explosives of high nitration (13.35-13.4% nitrogen) made by treating cotton with nitric and sulfuric acids; used principally in the manufacture of single-base and double-base propellants.
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The noun has one meaning:
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nitric acid esters; used in lacquers and explosives
Synonyms: cellulose nitrate, nitrocellulose, nitrocotton
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- amberite (materials)
- pyrocellulose (organic chemistry)
- gelignite
- nitrocellulose (in chemistry)
- Christian Friedrich Schönbein (German chemist)
- cellulose nitrate
- Sir Frederick Augustus Abel (English chemist)
- pyroxylin (organic chemistry)
- cellulose (material – in microbiology)
- explosive (weapon, material)
- Organic chemistry (essay)
- nitrate (in chemistry)
- gun
- Propellant (propulsion)
