pyroxylin in English

noun

1

a form of nitrocellulose that is less highly nitrated and is soluble in ether and alcohol.

The process of pyroxylin gunpowder production is a complex multiphase chemical engineering process.

noun

pyroxyline

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1. Collodions are liquid preparations containing pyroxylin in a mixture of ethyl ether and ethanol

2. Collodion is a solution of pyroxylin in a solution of 75% ether and 25% alcohol

3. Collodion is a solution of pyroxylin in ether and alcohol with a flash point of approximately 0°F

4. Collodion definition is - a viscous solution of pyroxylin used especially as a coating for wounds or for photographic films.

5. Other industrial uses include the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, polymers, pyroxylin plastics, herbicide esters, printing (e.g., 2,4-D, 2,4,5-T) and butyl xanthate.

6. Collodion definition, a yellowish, viscous, highly flammable solution of pyroxylin in ether and alcohol: used in the manufacture of photographic film, in engraving and lithography, and in medicine chiefly for cementing dressings and sealing wounds

7. Collodion [kŏ-lo´de-on] a clear or slightly opalescent, highly flammable, syrupy liquid compounded of pyroxylin, ether, and alcohol, which dries to a transparent, tenacious film; used as a topical protectant, applied to the skin to close small wounds, abrasions, and cuts, to hold surgical dressings in place, and to keep medications in contact with the

8. Collodion [kŏ-lo´de-on] a clear or slightly opalescent, highly flammable, syrupy liquid compounded of pyroxylin, ether, and alcohol, which dries to a transparent, tenacious film; used as a topical protectant, applied to the skin to close small wounds, abrasions, and cuts, to hold surgical dressings in place, and to keep medications in contact with the