This man invented a compound later developed into cordite, a smokeless powder called ballistite.
This man invented a compound later developed into cordite, a smokeless powder called ballistite. Earlier, he used mercury fulminate in his blasting cap, an improved detonator, and he mixed another compound with nitrocellulose to create blasting gelatin. Another of his inventions followed when he discovered that diatomaceous earth called kieselguhr could solidify and stabilize nitroglycerin. FTP, name this inventor of dynamite, a Swedish chemist who included Medicine, Physics, and Peace among the categories of his namesake Prize.
This man invented a compound later developed into cordite, a smokeless powder called ballistite.
Alfred {Nobel}