Nitrocellulose
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Nitrocellulose is a highly flammable compound formed by nitrating cellulose through exposure to a mixture of nitric acid and sulfuric acid.
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Table tennis ball, prepared from nitrocellulose (Celluloid)
Pure nitrocellulose
Jam tin grenades were made in World War I using gun cotton
2015 Tianjin explosions
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On 12 August 2015, a series of explosions at the Port of Tianjin in Tianjin, Northern China, killed 173 people, according to official reports, and injured hundreds of others. The explosions occurred a
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…results, this process was called the "Hyatt gun method". An overheated container of dry nitrocellulose is believed to be the initial cause of the 2015 Tianjin explosions. Pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN), a related explosive…
Fireball from the second explosion
Destroyed car at Donghai Road Station
Two security inspectors wearing dust masks near the site of the explosion
The entrance to Haigang Park, built on the site of the original explosion, in 2021