nitro-cellulose - baking without a vacuum?

[Andrew Hobbs]

Andrew Hobbs (andrewh at uniwa.uwa.edu.au) wrote:
: Mr P.C. Ferrett (pcf at monu6.cc.monash.edu.au) wrote:

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: prevent the NC from oxidizing, becoming brittle, charring or bursting
: into flames.  In fact I have used NC filters without baking but that had
: been left for a several days and had dried out very thoroughly. 

: I don't think you can UV irradiate NC since I guess there is a fire
: hazard but I haven't actually tried this (although it is stated in
: several text books.

What I meant to imply I realize looking back after posting article was
that it probably is not a good idea to use UV on NC since there is a
fire hazard. (It is stated as a fire hazard in several texts)
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If anyone immediately rushed out and tried UV irradiation I'd like to
know the result.  (Keep in mind that NC is chemically related to gun
cotton.   :-)

: Hope this helps.

: Andrew Hobbs
: Biochemistry
: University of Western Australia

: andrewh at uniwa.uwa.edu.au