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Why Is Nitroglycerin in Dynamite and Heart Medicine? Alfred Nobel Got the Prescription He Didn't Want

by: Sorta Sophisticated with Pete and AmandaPublished on: 20/09/2026

Why is nitroglycerin in dynamite and heart medicine? One unstable molecule, two opposite jobs — and Alfred Nobel was prescribed his own explosive in 1896.

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Why Is Nitroglycerin in Dynamite and Heart Medicine? Alfred Nobel Got the Prescription He Didn't Want