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نیتروسلولز
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Nitrocellulose (also known as cellulose nitrate, flash paper, flash cotton, guncotton, pyroxylin and flash string, depending on form) is a highly flammable compound formed by nitrating cellulose through exposure to a mixture of nitric acid and sulfuric acid.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- cellulose derivative
- Image
- Cellulose nitrate.svg
- Has use
- plastic
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- discoverer or inventor
- Christian Friedrich Schönbein
- Commons category
- Nitrocellulose
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
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