cellulose nitrate

Noun
  1. A nitric acid ester;
    Used in lacquers and explosives (synset 114819163)
    is a type of:
    • cellulose ester - any ester of cellulose with an acid
    • nitrate - any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)
    subtypes:
    • 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
    substance meronym:
    • 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
    • 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
    same as: guncotton, nitrocellulose, nitrocotton

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