Guncotton Definition

Guncotton Sentence Examples

• His name is chiefly known in connexion with ozone, which he began to investigate in 1839, and with guncotton, which he prepared and applied as a propellant in fire-arms early in 1846.

• The more nearly the composition of guncotton approaches that represented by C6H702(N03)3, the more stable is it as regards storing at ordinary temperatures, and the higher the igniting temperature.

• Assuming the above formula to represent guncotton, there is sufficient oxygen for internal combustion without any carbon being left.

• The gaseous mixture obtained by burning guncotton in a vacuum vessel contains steam, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, nitric oxide, and methane.

• Alkali sulphohydrates reduce guncotton, or other nitrated celluloses, completely to cellulose.