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It all goes back to Christian Friedrich Schönbein, who invented nitrocellulose in 1845. This became celluloid, used in photography as well as other things like
by Merrill 7y ago
It all goes back to Christian Friedrich Schönbein, who invented nitrocellulose in 1845. This became celluloid, used in photography as well as other things like billiard balls. It was the first real plastic.
The other application was nitrocellulose as guncotton, which led to the development of smokeless gunpowder and the family of high explosives, such as TNT.
Christian Friedrich Schönbein also discovered ozone and the electrochemical effects leading to the fuel cell.
150th Anniversary: Death of Christian Friedrich Schönbein
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