nitroglycerin
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Doctors had been prescribing nitroglycerin for angina and other heart ailments for over a century — including, coincidentally, to Alfred Nobel, who founded the Nobel Prizes.
From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2023
"I thought you were reaching for your emergency nitroglycerin pill," she jokes with a "ha ha old man" lightness.
From Salon • Dec. 15, 2021
According to Hayes, doctors said he was smart to have not taken his nitroglycerin pills because they could have put him in more danger.
From Washington Post • Nov. 20, 2020
The explosion of nitroglycerin is a chemical change because the gases produced are very different kinds of matter from the original substance.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
He raised the glass and held it up before the brightest lamp, handling it as if it were nitroglycerin.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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Civil Engineering
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