nitrocotton
Noun: A highly flammable, explosive compound produced by treating cellulose (like cotton) with nitric and sulfuric acids. It is a type of cellulose nitrate used primarily in the manufacture of certain lacquers, films, and propellants.
Nitrocotton is a technical term used in chemistry and industrial manufacturing. It refers to the raw, nitrated material itself. - The factory produced nitrocotton for use in specialty lacquers. - Handling nitrocotton requires extreme caution due to its explosive nature.
- As a Precursor: is often discussed as the base material for creating other products like smokeless gunpowder (e.g., guncotton) or celluloid.
- The process begins by converting purified cellulose into nitrocotton.
- Cellulose nitrate (n): The more general chemical name for and similar compounds.
- Guncotton (n): A specific, highly nitrated form of used as an explosive.
- Pyroxylin (n): A form of partially dissolved in a solvent, used in lacquers and coatings.
- Cellulose nitrate
- Pyroxylin (in certain contexts)
This word has a single, specific technical meaning related to chemistry and materials science. It does not have common idiomatic or figurative uses.
Nitrocotton itself is a compound noun. It is crucial to distinguish it from its end products. For example, "collodion" is a solution of nitrocotton in ether and alcohol, and "celluloid" is a plastic made using nitrocotton. These are distinct substances derived from it.
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a nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives
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