Julius Wilbrand

Julius Bernhard Friedrich Adolph Wilbrand (22 August 1839 – 22 June 1906)[1] was a German chemist who discovered trinitrotoluene, more commonly known as TNT.

He was born in Gießen, Germay to Albertine Knapp and Franz Joseph Julius Wilbrand, a forensic physician.

In 1863, Wilbrand discovered TNT while experimenting with new solutions for yellow dye.

[2][3][4] He obtained trinitrotoluene through the nitration of toluene.

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