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collodion (kəlō`dēən), solution of pyroxylin pyroxylin (pīrŏk`sĭlĭn), partially nitrated cellulose (see nitrocellulose ). ..... Click the link for more information. in a mixture of alcohol and ether. Upon exposure to air, the solvents evaporate, leaving a thin, colorless, elastic film on any surface upon which the collodion has been spread. Collodion is the forerunner of the lacquer paints that are now widely used in the automobile industry. |
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Aragon, a bleeder, came out of his dressing room with a protective substance called collodion on his brow. What set Cameron apart was the peculiarity of her devotion to photography, the "tender ardor" with which she inscribed her work, with its hallmark abandonment to the aleatory processes of light, lens adjustment, and collodion chemistry, its elision of the distinction between imagination and reality, and its embrace of the domestic framework of house and family, family albums, and home theatricals. |
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