Explosive nitrated carbon compounds RSC Education
Guncotton is trinitrocellulose, or cellulose nitrate. The material is used as a propellant and as a blasting explosive. Guncotton burns at a lower temperature than gunpowder a mixture of sulfur, charcoal and potassium nitrate but produces several times the quantity of gas (comprising CO, CO 2, H 2 O, N 2 ), leaving almost no residue and ...