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German-Swiss chemist Christian Friedrich Schönbein created the explosive substance nitrocellulose, or "guncotton", in 1846 by treating cotton fibers with a nitric acid and sulfuric acid mixture. However, guncotton proved to be too fast burning for direct use in firearms and artillery ammunition.
Nitrocellulose film on a light box, showing deterioration, from Library and Archives Canada collection. In 1855, the first human-made plastic, nitrocellulose (branded Parkesine, patented in 1862), was created by Alexander Parkes from cellulose treated with nitric acid and a solvent.
Christian Hackenberger grew up in Damme.He attended the Gymnasium Damme, where he obtained his Abitur in 1995. After completing his civil service, he studied chemistry at the Alfred-Ludwig-Universität in Freiberg (1996–1998) and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (M.S. with Samuel H. Gellman, 1998–1999), with support from the German Academic Scholarship Foundation. [4]
Arthur Eichengrün (13 August 1867 – 23 December 1949) was a German Jewish chemist, materials scientist, and inventor. He is known for developing the highly successful anti-gonorrhea drug Protargol, the standard treatment for 50 years until the adoption of antibiotics, and for his pioneering contributions in plastics: co-developing (with Theodore Becker) the first soluble cellulose acetate ...
Heinrich Gottlob Bertsch (11 January 1897 – 19 March 1981) was a German chemist. [1] He is considered the inventor of the world's first fully synthetic detergent . [ clarification needed ]
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Gottfried Christoph Beireis (2 March 1730 – 18 September 1809) was a German chemist and doctor. He was also a collector of curiosities who rescued some of Jacques de Vaucanson 's automata . [ 1 ]
Collodion is a flammable, syrupy solution of nitrocellulose in ether and alcohol. There are two basic types: flexible and non-flexible. The flexible type is often used as a surgical dressing or to hold dressings in place. When painted on the skin, collodion dries to form a flexible nitrocellulose film.