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The dynamite patented by Alfred Nobel consisted of...

TNT and lignite
gunpowder and plastic mass
nitroglycerin and diatomaceous earth
nitroglycerin and ammonium nitrate
Alfred Nobel found that when nitroglycerin was incorporated in an absorbent inert substance like diatomaceous earth it became safer and more convenient to handle, and this mixture he patented in 1867 as "dynamite".
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TNT and lignite
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