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What does triacetate mean?

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  1. (chemistry) Any compound containing three acetate groups
  2. (uncountable) A fibre manufactured from cellulose triacetate
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In the United States triacetate was introduced under the trademarked name Arnel.
The near-ambient UV treatment used premium cellulose triacetate, which transmitted all solar wavelengths equally.
The former method was first used to produce rayon fibres, and the latter method was used to spin cellulose triacetate to acetate fibres.
Acetate and triacetate are as flammable or slightly less flammable than cotton.
For the UV-exclusion study, similar computations were made with the vinyl and triacetate filters as the end member treatments.
Plastics based on cellulose include cellulose esters such as cellulose acetate, diacetate, and triacetate, and mixed esters such as cellulose acetate butyrate.

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