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Nobel as a young man
The young chemist The son of a skilled engineer, Nobel was born in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1833. The family moved to Russia in 1842, where his father had set up a firm making explosives and equipment for the Russian navy. When Nobel was 17, he travelled abroad to study CHEMISTRY.
What came before...
Molecular structure of nitroglycerine
Looking for a magic potion that would allow them to live forever, the ancient Chinese instead discovered the first chemical explosive – gunpowder. 118
Italian chemist Ascanio Sobrero discovered the explosive nitroglycerine in 1847. However, he considered it too dangerous for practical use.
