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.

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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.

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