Julius_Wilbrand

Julius Wilbrand

Julius Wilbrand

German chemist (1839–1906)

Julius Bernhard Friedrich Adolph Wilbrand (22 August 1839 – 22 June 1906)[1] was a German chemist. Born in Gießen to Franz Joseph Julius Wilbrand and Albertine Knapp,[1] he discovered trinitrotoluene in 1863,[2][3] but the compound's use as an explosive was not developed until later. Wilbrand obtained trinitrotoluene or TNT by the nitration of toluene.

References

  1. [1]
    Familienarchiv Familie Wilbrand O13, Nr. 139, Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt.
  2. [2]
    Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie, Bd. 128, 1863, S. 178-179.
  3. [3]
    G. Carlton Smith: TNT. Trinitrotoluenes and Mono- and Dinitrotoluenes, Their Manufacture and Properties, New York 1918, S. 17-18.


Flag of GermanyScientist icon Stub icon

This article about a German chemist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Julius_Wilbrand, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.