cellulose triacetate
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cellulose acetate that is relatively slow to burn; used instead of celluloid for motion-picture film
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Ester derivatives include: The cellulose acetate and cellulose triacetate are film- and fiber-forming materials that find a variety of uses.
It also was the first major format to be released with only fireproof cellulose diacetate (and later cellulose triacetate ) "safety film" base.
These drawbacks were eventually overcome with the launch of cellulose triacetate base film by Eastman Kodak in 1948.
In 1949 Kodak began replacing all nitrocellulose (nitrate-based) films with the safer, more robust cellulose triacetate -based "Safety" films.