kolloxylin
(kəˈlɒksɪlɪn)
[f. Gr. κολλο-, comb. form of κολλά glue, gum + oxylin.]
A form of pyroxylin or nitro-cellulose less highly nitrated than common gun-cotton.
| 1884 Eissler Mod. High Explosives 120 The time necessary for the conversion of cotton into kolloxyline depends on the state of concentration of the nitric acid. Ibid., Nitro-cellulose (kolloxyline..). This substance is not to be confounded with gun-cotton, which is not soluble in alcoholic ether. |