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pyroxylin::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pyroxyline |
| Type of | cellulose nitrate, guncotton, nitrocellulose, nitrocotton |
Examples of pyroxylin
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Modern buckrams have been stiffened by soaking in a substance, usually now pyroxylin, to fill the gaps between the fibres.
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Rivera and Orozco utilized the classical tradition of fresco painting, while Siqueiros preferred using innovative materials such as pyroxylin.
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The missile was a cylinder weighing five to six pounds, the outer shell fashioned out of an empty kerosene can, and the explosive a combination of nitroglycerin and pyroxylin.
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- Highly flammable nitrocellulose used in making collodion and plastics and lacquers
- Nitrocellulose (also: cellulose nitrate, flash paper) is a highly flammable compound formed by nitrating cellulose through exposure to nitric acid or another powerful nitrating agent. When used as a propellant or low-order explosive, it is also known as guncotton.
- A plastic material of cellulose nitrate, used for coating paper and cloth.
- A coating substance used on automotive trim materials for many years up to the 1940s. It was a cellulose nitrate compound and was used on a wide variety of coated fabrics for automotive and many other uses. See Details of Components, Coating Compounds.
