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nitrocotton

[ nahy-troh-kot-n ]

noun

Chemistry.


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Origin of nitrocotton1

First recorded in 1895–1900; nitro- + cotton
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Example Sentences

Collodion Cotton: low nitralion nitrocotton, soluble in a mixture of ether and alcohol.

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Ballistite: equal parts of nitroglycerine and soluble nitrocotton with some mineral jelly.

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Monarkite: ammonium and sodium nitrate, nitroglycerine, nitrocotton, starch, mineral jelly, salt.

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Propellant Explosives.—The chief propellants arc nitrocellulose, also called nitrocotton or guncotton, and nitroglycerine.

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Generally nitrocotton contains about 12 to 13 per cent of nitrogen.

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