guncotton

Noun

Meaning

See under Gun.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

nitrocellulose cellulose nitrate nitrocotton bomb powder explosive nitrate fulminate gunpowder pyroxylin exploding semtex ballistite pyroxyline cordite
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Hypernyms

nitrate cellulose ester

Hyponyms

pyroxylin pyroxyline pyrocellulose

Examples

Jules Verne viewed the development of guncotton with optimism. Source: Internet

Early guncotton was unstable, however, and burned very fast and hot, leading to greatly increased barrel wear. Source: Internet

For this reason, accounts of guncotton usage dating from the early 20th century refer to "wet guncotton". Source: Internet

Semenoff (1907) p. 63 The Russians used armour-piercing rounds with small guncotton bursting charges and unreliable fuses. Source: Internet

She was able to withstand explosions of up to 220 pounds of guncotton in a distance of 75 yards from its body. Source: Internet

The British chemist Frederick Augustus Abel developed the first safe process for guncotton manufacture, which he patented in 1865. Source: Internet

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