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THERE is a marked reduction of the molecular weight of nitrocellulose on pulping, for the length of fibres is considerably reduced in the process1,2. Staudinger et al.3 have found a similar effect when polystyrene, cellulose and nitrocellulose are ground in a colloid ball-mill, and have also found that nitrocellulose is partially denitrated when grinding is prolonged. These observations indicate that purely mechanical cutting or breaking action can cleave covalerit bonds.
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URBAŃSKI, T. Formation of Solid Free Radicals by Mechanical Action. Nature 216, 577–578 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/216577a0
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