Cellulose: From Trees to Explosives 

Cellulose is everywhere. In fact, it is the most abundant organic molecule on the Earth! It’s in (but not limited to) our food, clothing, and plastics, and the cellulose compound nitrocellulose is used in explosives but also in things like x-rays, early silent films and nail polish. In this episode of #Untold, a new #RU-vidLearning series from ACS, PBS, and RU-vid, we get into how this tiny molecule holds up so much of our modern world.
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Credits:
Executive Producers:
George Zaidan
Hilary Hudson
Producer/Editor:
Darren Weaver
Writer/Host:
Alex Dainis, PhD
Assistant Editor:
Brett Kuxhausen
Animator:
Shea Lord
Fact Checker:
Bob Hunt
Archive Producer:
Annalea Embree
Coordinating Producer:
Samantha Jones, PhD
Scientific Consultants:
Michelle Boucher, PhD
Wolfgang Glasser PhD
Martin Hubbe, PhD
Gerald Kagan, PhD
William MacCrehan, PhD
Michael Marletta, PhD
Brianne Raccor, PhD
Sources:
air handling systems
Dust explosion
CBC News
Sawmill Explosion
Sources:
docs.google.co...
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