triacetate
Noun
Meaning
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.
By the late 1990s, polyester had almost entirely superseded triacetate for the production of intermediate elements and release prints.
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.
In 1950 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded Kodak with a Scientific and Technical Academy Award ( Oscar ) for the safer triacetate stock.