different between nitrocellulose vs oxamide

English

From nitro- +? cellulose.

nitrocellulose (countable and uncountable, plural nitrocelluloses)

(organic chemistry) A cotton-like material, made from cellulose by the action of nitric and sulphuric acids, used in the manufacture of explosives, collodion etc.

nitrocellulose f pl

oxamide (countable and uncountable, plural oxamides)

(organic chemistry) A white crystalline solid, the double amide of oxalic acid, used as a stabilizer for nitrocellulose preparations and as a substitute for urea in fertilizers.

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