Before revision: Urea has been used for stabilizing celluloid in the 19th century (and even in early American military powders), but like other water-soluble bases, it also attacks nitrocellulose, so German chemists substituted hydrogen atoms with nonpolar organic radicals to diminish this URL Naming Synonyms: Bis(N-ethyl-N-phenyl)urea; Carbamite; Centralit; Centralite; Centralite1; Centralite 1; Centralite-1; Centralite I; N,N′-Diethylcarbanilide; Diethyldiphenylharnstoff; N,N′-Diethyl-N′-diphenyl-L-harnstoff; 1,3-Diethyl-1,3-diphenylharnstoff; Diethyldiphenylurea; 1,3-Diethyldiphenylurea; 1,3-Diethyl-1,3-diphenylurea; s-Diethyldiphenylurea; sym-Diethyldiphenylurea; N,N′-Diphenyl-N,N′-diethylharnstoff; N,N′-Diphenyl-N,N′-diethylurea; Ethylcentralit; Ethylcentralite; Ethyl centralite; USAF EK-1047; Zentralit.
After revision: Urea has been used for stabilizing celluloid in the 19th century (and even in early American military powders), but like other water-soluble bases, it also attacks nitrocellulose, so German chemists substituted hydrogen atoms with nonpolar organic radicals to diminish this URL Naming