Materials · 1847
Nitroglycerin
Glycerol nitrated with mixed acids: a powerful, dangerous explosive.
Ascanio Sobrero synthesized nitroglycerin in 1847 in Turin. It was far stronger than gunpowder but too unstable to handle until Nobel tamed it.
Materials · 1847
Glycerol nitrated with mixed acids: a powerful, dangerous explosive.
Ascanio Sobrero synthesized nitroglycerin in 1847 in Turin. It was far stronger than gunpowder but too unstable to handle until Nobel tamed it.