Celluloid (Classic Reprint): Its Raw Material, Manufacture, Properties and Uses: Its Raw Material, Manufacture, Properties and Uses (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Friedrich Böckmann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1332006027 ISBN 13: 9781332006021

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Learn how celluloid evolved from early substitutes to a flexible workhorse of industry. This book traces the raw materials, like cellulose and nitro-cellulose, and the methods that turned them into films, varnishes, and artificial silk. It also surveys the many uses—from photography and motion pictures to decorative and technical applications—while explaining the science behind its properties and handling.

What you’ll get:

• Foundations of the raw materials, how they’re processed, and why they behave the way they do.


• A look at the manufacturing steps that create celluloid and related products.


• Ways celluloid has been used as a substitute for glass, ivory, and other materials.


• Practical notes on testing, safety, and the handling of early plastics.

Ideal for readers curious about the early plastics era, industrial chemistry, and the practical history of modern materials.

About this title

Product Description

Excerpt from Celluloid: Its Raw Material, Manufacture, Properties and Uses

Subsequently improvements were introduced, consisting in the employment of collodion dissolved in wood spirit mixed with drying oils, treated according to the degree of elasticity required with 2 to 10 per cent. Of sulphur chloride, together with an addition of carbon disulphide to check the violence of the reaction, the resulting product being incorporated with varying proportions of dissolved gun-cotton, which, according to the result desired, seldom exceeded 20 per cent. By warming, this mass is converted into a pasty condition, enabling it to be moulded into any desired shape. The products obtained in this way were very handsome, and included sheets in various colours, imitation marble patterns, combs, knife handles, etc. The solvent employed facilitated the introduction Of various colouring agents (coal-tar dyes in particular) into the mass; while powdered colours could also be incorporated by rolling or kneading.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1332006027
• ISBN 13: 9781332006021
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 201