Overview

Lammot du Pont (1831-1884) contributed a spark of innovation to the staid DuPont of the mid-nineteenth century, improving black powder and leading the company into the new field of high explosives. In 1857 Lammot patented “B” blasting powder – also known as soda powder – which used inexpensive Peruvian and Chilean sodium nitrate and made DuPont a major force in the blasting powder industry. He founded the Repauno Chemical Company, which led to the entry of DuPont into high explosives.

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