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Cellophane is a thin, transparent sheet made of regenerated cellulose. Its low permeability (ability of substances to pass through pores) to air, oils and greases, and bacteria makes it useful for food packaging.
Whitman's candy company initiated use of cellophane for candy wrapping in the United States in 1912 for their Whitman's Sampler.
Cellulose film has been manufactured continuously since the mid-1930s and is still used today. As well as packaging a variety of food items, there are also industrial applications, such as a base for such self-adhesive tapes as Sellotape and Scotch Tape, a semi-permeable membrane in a certain type of battery, as dialysis tubing (Visking tubing) and as a release agent in the manufacture of fibreglass and rubber products.
The word "cellophane" has become genericized in the US, and is often used informally to refer to a wide variety of plastic film products, even those not made of cellulose.
Whitman's candy company initiated use of cellophane for candy wrapping in the United States in 1912 for their Whitman's Sampler.
Cellulose film has been manufactured continuously since the mid-1930s and is still used today. As well as packaging a variety of food items, there are also industrial applications, such as a base for such self-adhesive tapes as Sellotape and Scotch Tape, a semi-permeable membrane in a certain type of battery, as dialysis tubing (Visking tubing) and as a release agent in the manufacture of fibreglass and rubber products.
The word "cellophane" has become genericized in the US, and is often used informally to refer to a wide variety of plastic film products, even those not made of cellulose.
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Cellophane is a plastic, foil-like material, like the Saran Wrap you would use to cover foods. It is made of Celluose fibers from wood, cotton, or hemp,...
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Cellophane is a plastic, foil-like material, like the Saran Wrap you would use to cover foods. It is made of Celluose fibers from wood, cotton, or hemp, which is dissolved in alkali and carbon disulfide, and then soaked in sulfuric acid and sodium sulfate. It is then bathed to remove the toxic sulfates, and put to use.
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HAHAHA cellophane is liek this plastic see through gift wrapping stuff, u noe when u buy like those hampers and that clear stuff around it..thats cellophane
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Composition:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellophane
Uses:
Diverse and many. Ever used 'Sellotape"?
(note the cunning name)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellophane
Uses:
Diverse and many. Ever used 'Sellotape"?
(note the cunning name)
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