Cellulose ---------------------> Celluloid Wood Pulp, Plant fibers, and Cotton fibers (all made of Cellulose, a natural #polymer) were treated with nitric acid to form a highly explosive material called gun cotton or, more commonly today, #nitrocellulose. It was used as a substitute for gunpowder. If the nitrocellulose had a lower nitrogen content, it was less explosive and could be treated with #camphor (which acts as a Plasticizing agent) to become pliable and moldable. This material was known as Celluloid. #polymers #connections #transition #plastics #linkedin #firstsyntheticplastic #natural
