diacetate
Noun
Meaning
diacetate (plural diacetates)
(chemistry) Any salt or ester having two acetate groups
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He boiled anhydrous morphine alkaloid with acetic anhydride for several hours and produced a more potent, acetylated form of morphine, now called diacetylmorphine or morphine diacetate.
It also was the first major format to be released with only fireproof cellulose diacetate (and later cellulose triacetate ) "safety film" base.
While cellulose acetate-based so-called "safety film", notably cellulose diacetate and cellulose acetate propionate, was produced in the gauge for small-scale use in niche applications (e.
In 1909, tests showed cellulose diacetate to be a viable replacement base, and Kodak began selling acetate-base films the following year in 22 mm widths for Edison's work on the Home Kinetoscope, which was commercially released in 1912.