Man-Made Cellulose May Aid In Making of Explosives

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For the first time in history, synthetic production of the fundamental “building block” of cellulose - the stuff that wood, cotton and other useful substances are made of - has been accomplished by research workers of the U. S. Public Health Service. When cellulose was first analyzed years ago it broke down into molecules of common glucose which were later found to be united in pairs to make double-sized molecules of a more complex sugar named cellobiose, now made artificially for the first time. The discovery is expected to aid in the manufacture of explosives, rayon, plastics and transparent wrappings.

Title (Dublin Core): Man-Made Cellulose May Aid In Making of Explosives
Subject (Dublin Core): en Technology; en Explosives and land mines
Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core): Man-Made Cellulose May Aid In Making of Explosives
Language (Dublin Core): Eng
Temporal Coverage (Dublin Core): World War II
Date Issued (Dublin Core): 1942-08
Is Part Of (Dublin Core): Popular Mechanics, vol. 78, n. 2, 1942
pages (Bibliographic Ontology): 76
Rights (Dublin Core): Public domain
Source (Dublin Core): Google books
References (Dublin Core): United States Public Health Service
Archived by (Dublin Core): Enrico Saonara

Item sets: Wars of Wonders; full text

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