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Examples of gunpowder
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Well, you're going to have to take them with a dose of cold steel and gunpowder.
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This is, above all, a search for integration and immersion of gunpowder and art.
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Yates said the Youngs poured the gunpowder on a chair and lit it with a lighter.
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Gunpowder is trivial to manufacture from ingredients that are readily available.
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The main purpose of sulfur in gunpowder is to decrease the ignition temperature.
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The fire arrows propelled by gunpowder may have had a range of up to 1,000 feet.
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He explained that the gunpowder in the test was a failure as the device fizzled.
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The garrison was soon defeated and the castle partly demolished using gunpowder.
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The high price of medieval gunpowder prevented them from raising it any further.
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- A mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks
- Gunpowder, also called black powder, is a mixture of sulphur, charcoal, and potassium nitrate. Gunpowder can be made just using potassium nitrate and charcoal, but without the sulphur, the powder is not as strong. ...
- Chemical substances of various compositions, particle sizes, shapes and colors that, on ignition, serve as a propellant. Ignited smokeless powder emits minimal quantities of smoke from a gun's muzzle; the older blackpowder emits relatively large quantities of whitish smoke.
- A green tea which is rolled into pellets which unfurl in hot water.
- The ancient Chinese invented gunpowder (made of saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal dust) roughly 1,000 years ago. It was used for making fireworks (which were used to celebrate important occasions), medicine, alchemy and later, to power early rockets. ...
- A mixture of saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal, in various proportions. The formula, brought to China in the 400s or 500s, was first used to make fumigators to keep away insect pests and evil spirits. ...
- Chemical compound that burns very quickly. Used in weaponry.
- Composition of 76 parts saltpeter, 14 charcoal, and 10 sulphur.
- A style of green tealeaves from China that are rolled into pellets and dried, which then open up when steeped.
