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Nitrocellulose film on a light box, showing deterioration, from Library and Archives Canada collection. In 1855, the first human-made plastic, nitrocellulose (branded Parkesine, patented in 1862), was created by Alexander Parkes from cellulose treated with nitric acid and a solvent.
Nitrocellulose is guncotton, the first replacement propellant for gun powder in firearms. A can of decomposing nitrate film Film stock with a nitrate base was the first transparent flexible plasticized base commercially available, thanks to celluloid developments by John Carbutt , Hannibal Goodwin , and Eastman Kodak in the 1880s.
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.
Cellulose acetate and cellulose triacetate are film- and fiber-forming materials that find a variety of uses. Nitrocellulose was initially used as an explosive and was an early film forming material. When plasticized with camphor, nitrocellulose gives celluloid. Cellulose Ether [54] derivatives include:
Nitrocellulose is a derivative of cellulose that is soluble in organic solvents. It is mainly used as an explosive or as a lacquer. Many early plastics, including celluloid, were made from nitrocellulose. Cellulose acetate shares many traits with viscose rayon and was formerly considered the same textile. However, rayon resists heat, while ...
More than half (56%) of shoes sold in the United States are made in China, the trade group said. The United States is also reliant on China for toys and sporting equipment, including items such as ...
The first practical nitrocellulose enamel Glossy White S.2567, still for interior use, was introduced in 1919 in the UK by Nobel Explosives. [26] In 1923, General Motors' Oakland brand automobile was the first to introduce one of the new fast-drying nitrocellulose lacquers, a bright blue, produced by DuPont under their Duco tradename.
“This jaw-dropping breakthrough has come from a purely Chinese company,” said Feng Ji, founder and chief executive of Game Science, the developer behind the hit video game Black Myth: Wukong.