Sometimes accidents in chemistry can be a good thing. This week Reactions brings you the science behind the accidental discovery of TNT, dynamite, and air bags.

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Video Producer:
Sean Parsons

Writer/Host:
Darcy Gentleman, Ph.D.

Executive Producer:
Adam Dylewski

Scientific consultants:
Michal Meyer, Ph.D.
Amelia Winthrop
Kyle Nackers

References:
William Perkin
http://www.chemheritage.org/discover/online-resources/chemistry-in-history/themes/molecular-synthesis-structure-and-bonding/perkin.aspx

Joseph Wilbrand
http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/podcast/CIIEcompounds/transcripts/TNT.asp

Theophile-Jules Pelouze
https://www.britannica.com/science/nitrocellulose#ref241764

Christian Schonbein
http://www.chemheritage.org/discover/media/magazine/articles/29-3-celluloid-the-eternal-substitute.aspx
http://www.rsc.org/learn-chemistry/resource/rdc00001018/on-this-day-oct-18-schoenbein-was-born?cmpid=CDC00001018

Ascanio Sobrero
http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/podcast/CIIEcompounds/transcripts/nitroglycerine.asp

Alfred Nobel
http://www.chemheritage.org/discover/online-resources/chemistry-in-history/themes/early-chemistry-and-gases/nobel.aspx
http://www.rsc.org/diversity/175-faces/all-faces/alfred-nobel-0

Carl Haeussermann
https://books.google.com/books?id=PmuqCHDC3pwC&pg=PA404&lpg=PA404&dq=Carl+Haeussermann+TNT&source=bl&ots=ocLFkhWoZe&sig=E6hjjA7AmP1Pwu_Awp0uYfxw-f8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjYz5G8jYDOAhVCWj4KHX9YA-8Q6AEIJTAB#v=onepage&q=CarlHaeussermannTNT&f=false

Édouard Bénédictus
https://www.britannica.com/technology/safety-glass#ref200506
http://www.societechimiquedefrance.fr/contribution-a-l-histoire-industrielle-des-polymeres-en-france-par-jean-marie-michel

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