![]() The glucose repeat unit (anhydroglucose) within the cellulose chain has three OH groups, each of which can form a nitrate ester. In precise chemical terms, nitrocellulose is not a nitro compound, but a nitrate ester. Hemicellulose, lignin, pentosans, and mineral salts give inferior nitrocelluloses. The quality of the cellulose is important. The process uses a mixture of nitric acid and sulfuric acid to convert cellulose into nitrocellulose. ![]() ![]() 3.2 Nitrocellulose decomposition and new "safety" stocks.
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