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Nitrocellulose vs Pyrocellulose - What's the difference?

nitrocellulose | pyrocellulose |

As nouns the difference between nitrocellulose and pyrocellulose

is that nitrocellulose is a cotton-like material, made from cellulose by the action of nitric and sulphuric acids, used in the manufacture of explosives, collodion etc while pyrocellulose is nitrocellulose (cellulose nitrate) used in the manufacture of smokeless powder.

nitrocellulose

English

(wikipedia nitrocellulose)

Noun

  • (organic compound) A cotton-like material, made from cellulose by the action of nitric and sulphuric acids, used in the manufacture of explosives, collodion etc.

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    pyrocellulose

    English

    Noun

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  • (organic chemistry) nitrocellulose (cellulose nitrate ) used in the manufacture of smokeless powder