fill in the blanks _______ is an explosive made from cotton.
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Guncotton is employed in gunpowders, solid rocket propellants, and explosives. ... (guncotton) in 1845 by dipping cotton in a mixture of nitric and sulfuric acids and then removing the acids by washing with water, he hoped to obtain a propellant for military weapons.
Guncotton is an explosive made from cotton.
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Guncotton, or nitrocellulose (also known as trinitrocellulose and cellulose nitrate) is a mild explosive, used in rockets, propellants, printing ink bases, leather finishing, and celluloid (a mixture of nitrocellulose and camphor; first used to manufacture billiard balls).
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