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Cellulose nitrate in dynamite is a bad example

I just hid (but did not delete) two sentences saying that Alfred Nobel used cellulose nitrate as a phlegmatizing agent to create dynamite. I also hid the reference.

Alfred Nobel's most famous invention and patents were using diatomaceous earth with nitroglycerin, which he named "dynamite", and patented in multiple countries beginning in 1867. The passage I just removed said Nobel used cellulose nitrate. Mixtures of cellulose nitrate and nitroglycerin are common, but I doubt it is ever called "dynamite", it would be smokeless powder.

I was able to find certain pages of the book that is referenced, and I suspect that it may contain these incorrect or misleading statements about dynamite. So a better source is definitely needed.

The book is not primarily concerned with explosives, the first reference in this article should almost certainly have a focus on explosives. 209.6.225.254 (talk) 03:56, 5 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

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Cellulose nitrate in dynamite is a bad example