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Dynamite

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Dynamite is an explosive made of nitroglycerin, sorbents such as powdered shells or clay, and stabilizers. It was invented by the Swedish chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel in Geesthacht, Northern Germany, and was patented in 1867. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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1867 1
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Mining Engineering, Fields

Explosive used in mining and blasting

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1. Dynamite (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section (entity-description)
    Dynamite is an explosive made of nitroglycerin, sorbents (such as powdered shells or clay), and stabilizers.
  • Lead section (Nobel)
    It was invented by the Swedish chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel in Geesthacht, Northern Germany, and was patented in 1867.
  • Invented By: Alfred Nobel, History section (inventor attribution)
    Dynamite was invented by Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel in 1866 and was the first safely manageable explosive stronger than black powder.
  • In Field: Chemical Engineering, Introduction
    Dynamite is an explosive made of nitroglycerin, sorbents (such as powdered shells or clay), and stabilizers.
  • Invented By: Alfred Nobel, Introduction
    It was invented by Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel in 1866 and patented the following year.
  • In Group: Explosives and Incendiary Compounds, Lead paragraph
    Dynamite is an explosive made of nitroglycerin
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