A form of cotton waste or linters of wood pulp with a mixture of nitric and sulphuric acids. Used in the manufacture of lacquers.
The major constituent of most lacquers, made by reacting nitric and sulfuric acids with cotton. .
The primary resin material used in making lacquer.
Any ester of nitric acid and cellulose.
a pulpy or cotton-like polymer derived from cellulose treated with sulfuric and nitric acids, and used in the manufacture of explosives, plastics, and solid monopropellants; nitrocellulose lacquer is the common, traditional finish used on guitars.
Made by reacting cellulose (from wood pulp or cotton) with nitric and sulphuric acids, it is a highly inflammable resin if allowed to dry. For this reason it is always kept dampened with solvent or water. It is generally mixed with other resins and plasticisers (to give the film flexibility).
A binder (resin) based on polymer from cotton cellulose. Nitrocelluloses were primarily used in lacquers and were widely used from the 1920s to the 50s on automobiles.
The product obtained by nitrating cellulose, in the form of linters, cotton waste, wood pulp, etc., by treatment with a mixture of nitric and sulphuric acid. For different purposes, the cellulose is nitrated to various degrees. The NC used for manufacturing lacquers contains about 12% nitrogen.
Also known as Cellulose Nitrate. A highly flammable compound formed by nitrating cellulose through exposure to nitric acid or powerful nitrating agent. Also known as gun cotton.
A binder made by chemical reaction of nitric acid on cellulose (cotton linters).
Nitrocellulose (also: cellulose nitrate, flash paper) is a highly flammable compound formed by nitrating cellulose through, for example, exposure to nitric acid or another powerful nitrating agent. When used as a propellant or low-order explosive, it is also known as guncotton.