ethyl cellulose

American  

noun

Chemistry.

1. an ethyl ether of cellulose, in the form of white granules obtained from the treatment of wood pulp with alkali: used in plastics and lacquers.

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Example Sentences

He then filled in the skeleton’s holes with ethyl cellulose, a tough biodegradable polymer.

From Science Magazine

By mixing regular canola oil with molecules of ethyl cellulose, the researchers trapped the oil within a solid scaffolding.

From Scientific American

In contrast, when the canola oil was gelled with ethyl cellulose, it could replace saturated fats in the frankfurter without significantly impacting hardness and chewiness.

From Scientific American

In contrast, ethyl cellulose gels form spaghettilike, fibrous structures around the oil globules.

From Scientific American

Similarly to regular cellulose, ethyl cellulose is an indigestible chain of repeating glucose molecules; the only difference is that the hydroxyl groups of ethyl cellulose are modified into ethyl ether groups.

From Scientific American