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Old 01-29-2014, 2:40 PM
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Originally Posted by klewan View Post
Where did you see it takes a year? Nitrocellulose is cotton lint that is soaked in concentrated sulphuric and nitric acids for a short period of time, then rinsed to remove the acid. From all the articles I've seen, it might take 24 hours to make a batch. Then they do the process of making into whatever shape they need.
The process involves fermentation. Not just he making of the actual "gun cotton". Mostly the long fermentation for potassium nitrate. There is a supply chain. I was under the impression that the factories worked with it on site rather than rely on an external source.
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