black powder
Traditional gunpowder is black powder. This topic is part of Technology within History. This page currently draws on 4 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
black powder trivia questions
Black powder is another name for what?
Answer: Gunpowder
Bonus fact: Traditional gunpowder is black powder.
Black powder is made from charcoal, sulfur, and what?
Answer: Potassium nitrate
Bonus fact: Potassium nitrate supplies oxygen for rapid combustion.
Which country first developed gunpowder?
Answer: China
Bonus fact: Chinese alchemists discovered gunpowder more than a thousand years ago.
Traditional black powder contains sulfur, charcoal, and what third ingredient?
Answer: Potassium nitrate
Bonus fact: Potassium nitrate supplies oxygen for rapid combustion.