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Meanings of cellulose nitrate in English

Portuguese
trinitrocelulose
Catalan
nitrocel·lulosa
Spanish
nitrato de celulosa
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A nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives.

        trinitrocelulose

        Material of cellulose nitrate plasticized with camphor.

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              Examples for "nitrocellulose"
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              Unlike KLH, the larval antigen blotted onto nitrocellulose was itself periodate insensitive.
              Pubmed
              2
              India ink can be used to stain proteins bound to nitrocellulose.
              Pubmed
              3
              If it works it is really a perfect substitute for nitrocellulose.
              Wired
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              Cell migration was assessed in a blindwell chemotaxis chamber using nitrocellulose micropore filters.
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              From nine monoclonal antibodies obtained, six recognized denatured receptor polypeptides blotted to nitrocellulose paper.
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              1
              Here guncotton, exploded in the open, forms the most appropriate source of sound.
              Fragments of Science: A Series of Detached Essays, Addresses, an...
              2
              With them they brought a ton and a half of guncotton.
              The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire
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              Abel argued that dynamite was far more dangerous than guncotton, which was not true.
              The new yorker
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              Every pound of guncotton did its work, and though the ruins burned, it was but feebly.
              The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire
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              So I conceived of an engine employing guncotton.
              Edison: His Life and Inventions
              Usage of cellulose nitrate in English
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              An American inventor, John Wesley Hyatt, came up with celluloid, a cellulose nitrate compound, now commonly regarded as the first plastic.
              The new yorker
              2
              Cellulose itself cannot act as a food supply, and it seems probable that if glycerol is present cellulose nitrate is no longer made use of.
              Researches on Cellulose, 1895-1900
              3
              (2) By treating the fibrous cellulose nitrates with liquid solvents of the high nitrate diluted with non-solvent liquids, and more especially water.
              Researches on Cellulose, 1895-1900
              Translations for cellulose nitrate