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Julius Bernhard Friedrich Adolph Wilbrand (22 August 1839 – 22 June 1906) was a German chemist who discovered trinitrotoluene, more commonly known as TNT.

He was born in Gießen, Germay to Albertine Knapp and Franz Joseph Julius Wilbrand, a forensic physician. His brother, Hermann Wilbrand, was an ophthalmologist.

In 1863, Wilbrand discovered TNT while experimenting with new solutions for yellow dye. He obtained trinitrotoluene through the nitration of toluene. The compound's use as an explosive was developed later.

References

1. ^ Familienarchiv Familie Wilbrand O13, Nr. 139, Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt.
2. Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie, Bd. 128, 1863, S. 178-179.
3. G. Carlton Smith: TNT. Trinitrotoluenes and Mono- and Dinitrotoluenes, Their Manufacture and Properties, New York 1918, S. 17-18.
4. "Advancement: Bigger Explosions". www.brown.edu. Retrieved 2024-12-06.

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