collodion
noun
col·lo·di·on
kə-ˈlō-dē-ən 
: a viscous solution of pyroxylin used especially as a coating for wounds or for photographic films
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The components of collodion were gun cotton, ether, and alcohol.
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Anika Burgess
july 17, Literary Hub, 17 July 2025
Great Britain at the advent of the photographic medium and using a collodion wet plate process, Cameron took long exposure portraits of people and children.
—Seth Combs, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2023
Hyatt mixed this collodion with camphor (derived from the camphor tree) and found that the product was strong yet moldable.
—Matt Simon, WIRED, 27 Oct. 2022
The next hot new technology, wet-plate collodion emulsions, was not much better; the plates would dry out during the long exposures required to capture faint astronomical objects.
—H.j. McCracken, Ars Technica, 13 Sep. 2022
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Anika Burgess
july 17, Literary Hub, 17 July 2025
Great Britain at the advent of the photographic medium and using a collodion wet plate process, Cameron took long exposure portraits of people and children.
—Seth Combs, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2023
Hyatt mixed this collodion with camphor (derived from the camphor tree) and found that the product was strong yet moldable.
—Matt Simon, WIRED, 27 Oct. 2022
The next hot new technology, wet-plate collodion emulsions, was not much better; the plates would dry out during the long exposures required to capture faint astronomical objects.
—H.j. McCracken, Ars Technica, 13 Sep. 2022
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“Collodion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/collodion. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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collodion
noun
col·lo·di·on
kə-ˈlōd-ē-ən
: a viscous solution of pyroxylin used especially as a coating for wounds or for photographic films
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