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guncotton
gun·cot·ton G0314400 (gŭn′kŏt′n)n. See nitrocellulose.guncotton (ˈɡʌnˌkɒtən) n (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) cellulose nitrate containing a relatively large amount of nitrogen: used as an explosivegun•cot•ton (ˈgʌnˌkɒt n)
n. a highly explosive nitrocellulose made by digesting clean cotton in a mixture of one part nitric acid and three parts sulfuric acid and used in making smokeless powder. [1840–50] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | guncotton - a nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosivescellulose nitrate, nitrocellulose, nitrocottonblasting gelatin - mixture of guncotton with nitroglycerincordite - explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded in brown cordscellulose ester - any ester of cellulose with an acidpyrocellulose - nitrocellulose containing less nitrogen than guncotton; used in making smokeless powderpyroxylin, pyroxyline - highly flammable nitrocellulose used in making collodion and plastics and lacquerscelluloid - highly flammable substance made from cellulose nitrate and camphor; used in e.g. motion-picture and X-ray film; its use has decreased with the development of nonflammable thermoplasticsnitrate - any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid) |
Translationsguncotton
guncotton: see nitrocellulosenitrocellulose,
nitric acid ester of cellulose (a glucose polymer). It is usually formed by the action of a mixture of nitric and sulfuric acids on purified cotton or wood pulp.
..... Click the link for more information. .guncotton[′gən‚kät·ən] (materials) Any of various nitrocellulose explosives of high nitration (13.35-13.4% nitrogen) made by treating cotton with nitric and sulfuric acids; used principally in the manufacture of single-base and double-base propellants. MedicalSeenitrocelluloseguncotton
Synonyms for guncottonnoun a nitric acid esterSynonyms- cellulose nitrate
- nitrocellulose
- nitrocotton
Related Words- blasting gelatin
- cordite
- cellulose ester
- pyrocellulose
- pyroxylin
- pyroxyline
- celluloid
- nitrate
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