nitrocotton

Definitions of nitrocotton
  1. noun
    a nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives
    synonyms: cellulose nitrate, guncotton, nitrocellulose
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    types:
    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
    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)
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