cellulose industry
1Cellulose acetate — Cellulose acetate, first prepared in 1865, is the acetate ester of cellulose. Cellulose acetate is used as a film base in photography, and as a component in some adhesives; it is also used as a synthetic fiber.Acetate fiber and triacetate… …
2Cellulose acetate film — Cellulose acetate film, or safety film, is used in photography as a base material for photographic emulsions. It was introduced in the early 20th century by film manufacturers as a safe film base replacement for unstable and highly flammable… …
3Cellulose insulation — The word cellulose comes from the French word for a living cellule and glucose, which is sugar. Insulation is low thermal conductivity material used to separate the internal climate and sounds of a building from external climate and sounds.… …
4cellulose acetate — any of a group of acetic esters of cellulose, used to make yarns, textiles, nonflammable photographic films, rubber and celluloid substitutes, etc. [1890 95] * * * ▪ textile original name Acetate Rayon, also called Acetate, man made… …
5chemical industry — Introduction complex of processes, operations, and organizations engaged in the manufacture of chemicals and their derivatives. Although the chemical industry may be described simply as the industry that uses chemistry and… …
6Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose — (E464) (also HPMC) is an emulsifier, thickening and suspending agent, and an alternative to animal gelatin. [ [http://www.ams.usda.gov/nop/NationalList/TAPReviews/HPMethylcellulose.pdf NOSB TAP Review Compiled by OMRI: Hydroxypropyl… …
7Ministry of Construction of Heavy Industry — The Ministry of Construction of Heavy Industry of the USSR (Russian: Министерство строительства тяжелой промышленности СССР) was a central government institution charged with leading the heavy industry of the Soviet Union. The ministry… …
8Oberbruch Industry Park — (German: Industriepark Oberbruch), is a former 110 ha large site of Akzo Nobel in Heinsberg, the most western district in Germany near the Dutch border. Founded in 1891 as a location for fiber technologies and birth place of the German rayon and… …
9Japanese heavy industry (1930–1945) — Japanese industry grew spectacularly starting in 1930. In its first 75 years (following the Meiji Restoration), factory production in Japan was all but non existent, but by the 1930s Japan was at a level comparable to many industrialized European …
10Empire of Japan (economic and financial data) — In the half century up to 1999, Japan s exports grew from 144 million to 5,331 million yen (¥). This amounted to a share of world trade of only 3.7%, compared with 13.7% for the United Kingdom or 11.8% for the United States. The Great Depression… …
