Definition of Pyroxylic. Meaning of Pyroxylic. Synonyms of Pyroxylic

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Definition of Pyroxylic

Pyroxylic
Pyroxyle Py*rox"yle, n. [Cf. F. pyroxyle. See Pyroxylic, -yl.] Pyroxylic Pyr`ox*yl"ic, a. [Pyro- + Gr. ? wood.] (Old Chem.) Derived from wood by distillation; -- formerly used in designating crude wood spirit.

Meaning of Pyroxylic from wikipedia

- it via the distillation of buxus (boxwood). It later became known as "pyroxylic spirit". In 1834, the French chemists Jean-Baptiste Dumas and Eugene Peligot...
- formed by heating green vitriol and blue vitriol. H2SO4 Spirit of box/Pyroxylic spirit – methanol, CH3OH, distilled wood alcohol. Spiritus fumans – stannic...