Chemical 'cooking' of wood chips yields cellulose pulp for gun cotton.

Chemical 'cooking' of wood chips yields cellulose pulp for gun cotton.

Forest management -- Victoria.

Chemical 'cooking' of wood chips yields cellulose pulp for gun cotton. Nitro-cellulose also made from wood pulp is the main constituent of modern high propellant explosives. Glycerol obtained from wood is a source of nitroglycerin.

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Forests Commission, Victoria

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