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词汇 guncotton
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Definition of guncotton in English:

guncotton

nounˈɡʌnkɒtnˈɡənˌkɑtn
mass noun
  • A highly nitrated form of nitrocellulose, used as an explosive.

    强棉药,硝棉,火(药)棉;纤维素六硝酸酯

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Dynamite (based on nitroglycerine) and guncotton (based on nitrocellulose) not only kept the DuPont company in the forefront of explosives but introduced it to real chemistry.
    • The discovery that directly supplanted gunpowder for use in firearms was guncotton, a forerunner of smokeless powder.
    • In this hole a 2 1/4lb charge of guncotton, with detonator and fuse attached, was placed and the sand was heaped back.
    • Consequently, nitroglycerin went largely unnoticed for many years, while the manufacture and use of guncotton, despite several notorious accidents, spread throughout Europe.
    • Nitrogen is an important component of common chemical explosives like TNT, nitroglycerin, gunpowder, guncotton, nitrocellulose, picric acid, and ammonium nitrate.
    • Cellulose trinitrate on the other hand is an explosive (guncotton). Cordite is made from guncotton and nitroglycerine.
    • A volume of the air to be examined is filtered through guncotton which is soluble in a mixture of alcohol and ether.
    • In that same year, the British patented a combination of 58 percent nitroglycerin, 37 percent guncotton, and 5 percent vaseline.
    • Working in the professor's private laboratory Gladstone produced, first, a report on the analysis of sand from a Normandy beach, and then in 1847 a paper on the explosive guncotton, just a year after its discovery by Christian Schönbein.
    • An early experiment with collodion (a mixture of guncotton, ethyl alcohol, and ether) produced billiard balls that burst into flame when touched with a lighted cigar; and occasionally exploded when two balls collided.

Definition of guncotton in US English:

guncotton

nounˈɡənˌkätnˈɡənˌkɑtn
  • A highly nitrated form of nitrocellulose, used as an explosive.

    强棉药,硝棉,火(药)棉;纤维素六硝酸酯

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The discovery that directly supplanted gunpowder for use in firearms was guncotton, a forerunner of smokeless powder.
    • Consequently, nitroglycerin went largely unnoticed for many years, while the manufacture and use of guncotton, despite several notorious accidents, spread throughout Europe.
    • Working in the professor's private laboratory Gladstone produced, first, a report on the analysis of sand from a Normandy beach, and then in 1847 a paper on the explosive guncotton, just a year after its discovery by Christian Schönbein.
    • A volume of the air to be examined is filtered through guncotton which is soluble in a mixture of alcohol and ether.
    • An early experiment with collodion (a mixture of guncotton, ethyl alcohol, and ether) produced billiard balls that burst into flame when touched with a lighted cigar; and occasionally exploded when two balls collided.
    • In this hole a 2 1/4lb charge of guncotton, with detonator and fuse attached, was placed and the sand was heaped back.
    • Dynamite (based on nitroglycerine) and guncotton (based on nitrocellulose) not only kept the DuPont company in the forefront of explosives but introduced it to real chemistry.
    • Cellulose trinitrate on the other hand is an explosive (guncotton). Cordite is made from guncotton and nitroglycerine.
    • In that same year, the British patented a combination of 58 percent nitroglycerin, 37 percent guncotton, and 5 percent vaseline.
    • Nitrogen is an important component of common chemical explosives like TNT, nitroglycerin, gunpowder, guncotton, nitrocellulose, picric acid, and ammonium nitrate.
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