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  2. Nitrocellulose - Wikipedia

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    The principal uses of cellulose nitrate is for the production of lacquers and coatings, explosives, and celluloid. [6]In terms of lacquers and coatings, nitrocellulose dissolves readily in organic solvents, which upon evaporation leave a colorless, transparent, flexible film. [4]

  3. Celluloid - Wikipedia

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    Celluloids are a class of materials produced by mixing nitrocellulose and camphor, often with added dyes and other agents.Once much more common for its use as photographic film before the advent of safer methods, celluloid's common present-day uses are for manufacturing table tennis balls, musical instruments, combs, office equipment, fountain pen bodies, and guitar picks.

  4. Collodion - Wikipedia

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    Collodion is a flammable, syrupy solution of nitrocellulose in ether and alcohol. There are two basic types: flexible and non-flexible. The flexible type is often used as a surgical dressing or to hold dressings in place. When painted on the skin, collodion dries to form a flexible nitrocellulose film.

  5. Film base - Wikipedia

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    All have been used separately and in mixtures, to produce film base. Despite the dangers of the nitrate film base being known practically since its development, it was used in virtually all major motion pictures prior to 1952, when Kodak completed a four-year conversion program to the sole manufacturing of acetate base film stocks. Kodak began ...

  6. Smokeless powder - Wikipedia

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    Invented in 1884 by Paul Vieille, the most common formulations are based on nitrocellulose, but the term was also used to describe various picrate mixtures with nitrate, chlorate, or dichromate oxidizers during the late 19th century, before the advantages of nitrocellulose became evident. [4]: 146–149

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    Corn syrup is a sweet, viscous syrup made from refined cornstarch and used as a liquid sweetener or thickener in candy, pies, jams and jellies, and even beer. At the grocery store, you’ll find ...