Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Guncotton or a similar substance obtained by immersing vegetable fiber in nitric or nitrosulphuric acid, and then suffering it to dry. Such substances are nitro-derivatives of cellulose. Also
pyroxyle . - noun This term is now usually applied to the less highly nitrated product of the interaction of cellulose and nitric acid, soluble in a mixture of ether and alcohol, not to the more highly nitrated insoluble gun-cotton used as an explosive.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A substance resembling gun cotton in composition and properties, but distinct in that it is more highly nitrified and is soluble in alcohol, ether, etc.; -- called also
pyroxyle .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry A highly
inflammable form ofnitrocellulose ; used in the manufacture ofcollodion andlacquers .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun highly flammable nitrocellulose used in making collodion and plastics and lacquers
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Examples
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Creative and innovative, always interested in new techniques and materials, Siqueiros frequently used pyroxylin, a substance related to gun-cotton, which dries with amazing speed.
The artist as activist: David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896–1974) 2008
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Creative and innovative, always interested in new techniques and materials, Siqueiros frequently used pyroxylin, a substance related to gun-cotton, which dries with amazing speed.
The artist as activist: David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896–1974) 2008
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With a barely audible fumpf, one hundred grams of pyroxylin thermite ignited, propelling the case-hardened penetrator tip into the thick metal panel, instantly vaporizing the lock, bolt, and latch with a jet of 2,800-degree molten tungsten.
The Dick Cheney Code Henry Beard 2004
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With a barely audible fumpf, one hundred grams of pyroxylin thermite ignited, propelling the case-hardened penetrator tip into the thick metal panel, instantly vaporizing the lock, bolt, and latch with a jet of 2,800-degree molten tungsten.
The Dick Cheney Code Henry Beard 2004
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With a barely audible fumpf, one hundred grams of pyroxylin thermite ignited, propelling the case-hardened penetrator tip into the thick metal panel, instantly vaporizing the lock, bolt, and latch with a jet of 2,800-degree molten tungsten.
The Dick Cheney Code Henry Beard 2004
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With a barely audible fumpf, one hundred grams of pyroxylin thermite ignited, propelling the case-hardened penetrator tip into the thick metal panel, instantly vaporizing the lock, bolt, and latch with a jet of 2,800-degree molten tungsten.
The Dick Cheney Code Henry Beard 2004
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These nitrates are variously known as nitrocellulose, pyroxylin, and gun cotton.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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The best is one which I use, made of pyroxylin, the soluble cotton of commerce, dissolved in amyl acetate and acetone with some other substances that make it perfectly sterile.
The War Terror 1908
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Collodion is made by dissolving 5 grams of pyroxylin in the following mixture:
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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Raw cotton is used in compounding gun cotton or explosive cotton, also named _pyroxylin_, and this is used to make collodion, so extensively employed in medicine.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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