Collodion.—A soluble nitrate of cellulose used in photography. (See Pyroxyline.)
Cordite.—A smokeless powder consisting mainly of nitro-glycerine and gun-cotton mixed with acetone. The materials are thoroughly incorporated and the resultant paste formed into threads which are dyed and then cut up into suitable lengths for cartridges.
Cuto-Cellulose.—Synonymous with adipo-cellulose.
Dextron.—A compound prepared from the waste liquors of the bisulphite process used for the manufacture of wood pulp. Resembles dextrin in its physical properties.
Dextrose.—A carbohydrate which can be obtained by the action of mineral acids on cellulose. Commercial dextrose, or glucose, is prepared by the conversion of starch with sulphuric acid. The starch is mixed with dilute acid at a fixed temperature, and the starch milk obtained poured gradually into a vessel containing dilute acid, which is maintained at boiling point. The conversion is complete and rapid.
Explosives.—The production of the several cellulose nitrates has given rise to a great number of highly explosive substances.
Blasting Gelatine.—A mixture of nitro-glycerine with cellulose nitrates.
Amberite, Ballistite, Cordite, and other smokeless powders, consisting of nitro-glycerine and cellulose nitrates in about equal proportions.
Sporting powders made by mixing nitro-cellulose with barium nitrate, camphor nitro-benzene, such as indurite, plastomenite, etc.
Glucose.—(See Dextrose.)