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nouna nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives
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- cordite explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded in brown cords
- blasting gelatin mixture of guncotton with nitroglycerin
- christian friedrich schonbein German chemist who discovered ozone and developed guncotton as a propellant in firearms (1799-1868)
- christian schonbein German chemist who discovered ozone and developed guncotton as a propellant in firearms (1799-1868)
- schonbein German chemist who discovered ozone and developed guncotton as a propellant in firearms (1799-1868)
- pyrocellulose nitrocellulose containing less nitrogen than guncotton; used in making smokeless powder