IN two articles in Nature of March 15, 1947, a method is given for making very thin metal films, 10–20 A. or more in material thickness. On the surface of a film of cellulose nitrate, etc., there is ...
THE use of nitric acid–acetic acid–acetic anhydride mixtures for preparing cellulose nitrate containing 12–14 per cent nitrogen which is soluble in simple aliphatic esters and ketones has been ...
You may remember the scene in the classic film Cinema Paradiso, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, where a reel of cellulose nitrate film ignites in Alfredo’s face, leaving him permanently blind. Known ...
Coughlin, Mary and Seeger, Ann M. 2008. "You collected what?! The risks and rewards of acquiring cellulose nitrate." In Plastics: looking at the future and learning from the past. Keneghan, Brenda and ...