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Noun Concept
Categories: Firearm propellants, Transparent materials, Film and video technology, Cellulose, Storage media
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cellulose nitrate  nitrocellulose  guncotton  nitrocotton  C6H8(NO2)2O5
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A nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives WordNet 3.0
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A nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Nitrocellulose is a highly flammable compound formed by nitrating cellulose through exposure to a mixture of nitric acid and sulfuric acid. Wikipedia
Highly flammable compound formed by nitrating cellulose through exposure to nitric acid or to another nitrating agent Wikidata
A cotton-like material, made from cellulose by the action of nitric and sulphuric acids, used in the manufacture of explosives, collodion etc. Wiktionary
The chemical nitrocellulose. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
cellulose ester
nitrate
binder
explosive
plastic
+3 relations
HAS PART
hydrogen
carbon
nitrogen
oxygen
PART OF
blasting gelatin
celluloid
cordite
nitrocellulose slide
Tonite
HAS KIND
pyrocellulose
pyroxylin
cellulose nitrate
HAS INSTANCE
dinitrocellulose
trinitrocellulose
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Sytin Military Encyclopedia
DISCOVERER OR INVENTOR
Schonbein
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
EN
cellulose nitrate, nitrocellulose, guncotton, nitrocotton
Wikipedia
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nitrocellulose
Wikidata
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guncotton, nitrocellulose
Wiktionary
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nitrocellulose
Wikipedia Redirections
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C6H8(NO2)2O5, cellulose nitrate, Collodion cotton, dinitrocellulose, flash cotton, flash paper, gun-cotton, gun cotton, Gun Cottont, guncotton, mononitrocellulose, nitrate film, nitrate film stock, nitrate stock, nitro-cellulose, nitrocellulose film, Nitrocotton, Parlodion, pyroxilin, Soluble guncotton, trinitrocellulose
Wikidata Alias
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cellulose nitrate, flash cotton, flash paper, flash string, gun-cotton, gun cotton, guncotton, pyroxyline

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