Re:Patent Troll: Bloomberg calls it what it is
by pyre on Wednesday June 02, 2010 @04:04AM
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> he became concerned with being remembered as a merchant of death (being the inventor of TNT).
TNT != dynamite. TNT is an explosive compound in its own right, and dynamite is a stabilized form of nitroglycerin.
[According to Wikipedia: "The energy density (joules/kilogram or J/kg) of dynamite is approximately 7.5 MJ/kg, compared to 4.6 MJ/kg of TNT."]
Which is why I find it a little funny for him to be considered a merchant of death since the development of dynamite was prompted by the instability of nitroglycerin and the hazards of transporting it (which was usually a dangerous line of work). IIRC, it's main use was construction, mining, etc.
TNT != dynamite. TNT is an explosive compound in its own right, and dynamite is a stabilized form of nitroglycerin.
[According to Wikipedia: "The energy density (joules/kilogram or J/kg) of dynamite is approximately 7.5 MJ/kg, compared to 4.6 MJ/kg of TNT."]
Which is why I find it a little funny for him to be considered a merchant of death since the development of dynamite was prompted by the instability of nitroglycerin and the hazards of transporting it (which was usually a dangerous line of work). IIRC, it's main use was construction, mining, etc.