cellulose nitrate
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cellulose nitrate
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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The warehouse is owned by the national film institute, Cinemateca, and houses South America’s largest collection of films, some made of cellulose nitrate, a highly flammable material.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 2021
The sequins on two dresses are plagued by “inherent vice”—a degradation of cellulose nitrate.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 16, 2015
In recent years a nonexplosive cellulose nitrate type acetate X-ray film has been developed, but the films in the clinic were evidently of the more common and highly inflammable cellulose nitrate type.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cellulose itself cannot act as a food supply, and it seems probable that if glycerol is present cellulose nitrate is no longer made use of.
From Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 by Cross, C. F.
Thus in the opalescent or milky solutions in which a proportion of cellulose nitrate is held in solution or semi-solution by the acetone still present, the lead acetate causes a dense coagulation.
From Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 by Cross, C. F.
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