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US 4,069,122 AGranted
Molecular-weight reduction of nitrocellulose by electron beam radiation
AssigneeE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
InventorCharles Vincent Murphy
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Abstract
Nitrocellulose of reduced molecular weight produced from stabilized nitrocellulose in presence of a damping agent, e.g., water, by means of an absorbed dose of ionizing radiation in the range of about 1.0 to 50 megarads at ambient temperature.
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Irradiation process for producing nitrocellulose of reduced molecular weight which comprises subjecting stabilized nitrocellulose in the presence of a damping agent to an absorbed dose of ionizing radiation in the range of about 1.0 to 50 megarads at ambient temperature.
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