Career
Born in Gießen, he discovered trinitrotoluene in 1863, but the compound"s use as an explosive was not developed until later. Wilbrand obtained trinitrotoluene or TNT by the nitration of toluene.
Born in Gießen, he discovered trinitrotoluene in 1863, but the compound"s use as an explosive was not developed until later. Wilbrand obtained trinitrotoluene or TNT by the nitration of toluene.