Dielectric relaxation of cellulose nitrate and cellulose.

Note: Missing figures 1 and 2.The physical properties of cellulose nitrate {commonly known as nitrocellulose) and of the parent compound, cellulose, have been under investigation for nearly a century. Basic to their physical properties is the movement of the component molecules. Movement in polar molecules can be detected by perturbing the molecules with an electric field and by observing the electrical reaction as the molecules revert to a condition indistinguishable from their initial one. The latter process is known as dielectric relaxation