Pyrocollodion

<p>Pyrocollodion is a <a href="/facts/Smokeless_powder/BQfV4rcN">smokeless powder</a> invented by <a href="/facts/Dmitri_Mendeleev/xdouRrx8">Dmitri Mendeleev</a>. A variant of the <a href="/facts/Nitrocellulose/5NoD5eTm">nitrocellulose</a> family of compounds, it was discovered by <a href="/facts/Dmitri_Mendeleev/xdouRrx8">Dmitri Mendeleev</a> in 1892. He had proposed its use as a replacement for <a href="/facts/Gunpowder/AEcB6HCR">gunpowder</a> in the <a href="/facts/Imperial_Russian_Navy/YHC9HrnF">Russian Navy</a>. This offer was rejected because of cost and efficiency considerations.  
</p><p>Pyrocollodion is known to be <a href="/facts/Spontaneous_combustion/ULScfFt1">spontaneously combustible</a> and <a href="/facts/Explosive_material/sUme5Pp8">explosive</a>. When ignited, Pyrocollodion will burn and explode quickly with excessive heat output compared to the existing gunpowders of the time. Pyrocollodion was a reasonable choice or option at the time for military munitions use. If ignited in a tight, contained space, Pyrocollodion will leave little to no remnants (such as unburned powder), particular kinds of flame scarring, or smoke of any kind.
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Pyrocollodion