It is used in lacquers, plastics, and also artificial leathers. Pyroxylin plastics are made by colloiding pyroxylin with a plasticizer,
Samuel P. Wilson has written: 'Pyroxylin enamels and lacquers' -- subject(s): Lacquer and lacquering, Pyroxylin
A xyloidin is a compound resembling pyroxylin, obtained by the action of nitric acid on starch.
Black lacquer is obtained from the varnish tree that yields a toxic exudation. The chemical name of black lacquer is pyroxylin.
Alexander Parkes (1813-1890) invented the first manmade plastic, Parkesine (aka synthetic ivory), in 1856. It was a form of pyroxylin (celluloid) and did not find the economical uses that its later successors, Celluloid and Xylonite, did.
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 4 words with the pattern ----X---N. That is, nine letter words with 5th letter X and 9th letter N. In alphabetical order, they are: monoxylon pyroxylin tamoxifen trioxygen
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 3 words with the pattern -----YL-N. That is, nine letter words with 6th letter Y and 7th letter L and 9th letter N. In alphabetical order, they are: diachylon monoxylon pyroxylin
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 3 words with the pattern -Y--X-L--. That is, nine letter words with 2nd letter Y and 5th letter X and 7th letter L. In alphabetical order, they are: pyroxyles pyroxylic pyroxylin
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 3 words with the pattern --RO--LI-. That is, nine letter words with 3rd letter R and 4th letter O and 7th letter L and 8th letter I. In alphabetical order, they are: acropolis pyroxylic pyroxylin
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 6 words with the pattern P----Y--N. That is, nine letter words with 1st letter P and 6th letter Y and 9th letter N. In alphabetical order, they are: pantryman pantrymen polymyxin porphyrin puromycin pyroxylin
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 7 words with the pattern PY-O---I-. That is, nine letter words with 1st letter P and 2nd letter Y and 4th letter O and 8th letter I. In alphabetical order, they are: pyrogenic pyrolysis pyrolytic pyromania pyroxenic pyroxylic pyroxylin
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 10 words with the pattern P--O--L--. That is, nine letter words with 1st letter P and 4th letter O and 7th letter L. In alphabetical order, they are: pedocalic perorally picomoles pinochles pivotally pliofilms preocular pyroxyles pyroxylic pyroxylin
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 11 words with the pattern PY---Y---. That is, nine letter words with 1st letter P and 2nd letter Y and 6th letter Y. In alphabetical order, they are: pyrolysed pyrolyser pyrolyses pyrolysis pyrolytic pyrolyzed pyrolyzer pyrolyzes pyroxyles pyroxylic pyroxylin