Explosive Gunpowder, TNT, Dynamite | Britannica
Explosive Gunpowder, TNT, Dynamite: Interest in the chlorates and perchlorates (salts of chloric or perchloric acid) as a base for explosives dates back to 1788. They were mixed with various solid and liquid fuels. Many plants were built in Europe and the United States for the manufacture of this type of explosive, mostly using potassium chlorate, but so far as can be determined, all of them ...