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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...
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hundred shots with the more
powerful guncotton.
Small arms
could not
withstand the
pressures generated by
guncotton.
After one of the
Austrian factories...
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Guncotton was more
powerful than gunpowder, but at the same time was
somewhat more unstable. John
Taylor obtained an
English patent for
guncotton; and...
- The
Stowmarket Guncotton Explosion happened on 11
August 1871 at the
Prentices Guncotton Factory in Stowmarket, Suffolk. It was
blown up by two m****ive...
- ballistite-like
propellant consisting of (by weight) 58% nitroglycerin, 37%
guncotton (nitrocellulose) and 5%
petroleum jelly.
Using acetone as a solvent, it...
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solution to
neutralize the
excess acid.
Later mantles were made from
guncotton (nitrocellulose)
which can be
produced with
extremely fine
threads when...
- (1838) at the same time as
William Robert Grove and his
discoveries of
guncotton and ozone. Schönbein (Schoenbein)
related to
Michael Schoenbein was born...
- nitrocellulose, or "
guncotton", in 1846 by
treating cotton fibers with a
nitric acid and
sulfuric acid mixture. However,
guncotton proved to be too fast...
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milling machinery Gunpowder is a low explosive, best used as a propellant.
Guncotton, the
first high explosive, more
useful for its
destructive powers, was...
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ballistite in 1889. This
consisted of 58%
nitroglycerin by weight, 37%
guncotton and 5%
petroleum jelly.
Using acetone as a solvent, it was
extruded as...
