nitrocellulose

highly flammable compound formed by nitrating cellulose through exposure to nitric acid or to another nitrating agent
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nitrocellulose

Summary

nitrocellulose is a type of polymer[1]. nitrocellulose draws 1,117 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_polymer category, ranking #10 of 54).[2]

Key Facts

  • nitrocellulose is credited with the discovery of Christian Friedrich Schönbein[3].
  • nitrocellulose's image is recorded as Nitrocellulose-2D-skeletal.png[4].
  • nitrocellulose's image is recorded as Cellulose nitrate.svg[5].
  • nitrocellulose's instance of is recorded as type of polymer[6].
  • nitrocellulose's subclass of is recorded as cellulose derivative[7].
  • nitrocellulose's has use is recorded as explosive chemicals[8].
  • nitrocellulose's has use is recorded as binder[9].
  • nitrocellulose's has use is recorded as plastic[10].
  • nitrocellulose's Commons category is recorded as Nitrocellulose[11].
  • nitrocellulose's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 75246[12].
  • nitrocellulose's has part is recorded as cellulose trinitrate[13].
  • nitrocellulose's has part is recorded as cellulose dinitrate[14].
  • nitrocellulose's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0fyxt[15].
  • nitrocellulose's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph323327[16].
  • nitrocellulose's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300014444[17].
  • nitrocellulose's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10643248[18].
  • nitrocellulose's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • nitrocellulose's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia[20].
  • nitrocellulose's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[21].
  • nitrocellulose's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22].
  • nitrocellulose's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[23].
  • nitrocellulose's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[24].
  • nitrocellulose's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[25].
  • nitrocellulose's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/nitrocellulose[26].
  • nitrocellulose's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/nitrate-film-stock[27].

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Works and Contributions

nitrocellulose is credited with the discovery of Christian Friedrich Schönbein[3]. Things named for nitrocellulose include Nitro[28], a city in the United States[29], in United States[30].

Why It Matters

nitrocellulose draws 1,117 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_polymer category, ranking #10 of 54).[2] nitrocellulose has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] nitrocellulose is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for nitrocellulose include Nitro[28], a city in the United States[29], in United States[30].

References

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  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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