Gunpowder is one of china’s four greatest inventions. Gunpowder is an ancient chemical explosive that was accidently created by Chinese Taoists who were attempting to create a portion of immortality by combining salt peter, sulfur, and charcoal. There are multiple types of gun powder: Black powder (organic), black powder (modern / synthetic), cordite, smokeless ball powder (aka spherical powder), smokeless flake powder (found in shot shells), and smokeless stick powder (aka extruded powder). The most basic types of smokeless powders are single and double base. The difference between the two is that the single base powder is made from nitrocellulose and the double base is made from a combination of nitrocellulose and nitroglycerin. ‘is there
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The explosion of gunpowder was described by a guy name Ge Hong in 300 A.D. It wasn’t until the tang dynasty that people really began to use gunpowder. By the 1100’s A.D, the Islamic and Roman empires began to understand how to use gunpowder for weapons. By the 1300A.D gunpowder was used in many different ways. Firearms are the most common known weapon that was loaded with gunpowder in the cartridges to propel bullets outward. Fireworks are one of the first Chinese uses for gunpowder. Special effects also used gunpowder but in different concentrations to add explosions or smoke to movies, and stage productions. Gunpowder was also used in mining because when lit in a contained environment the explosions would clear debris or break apart big boulders that couldn’t be moved. Gunpowder was also used largely by field medics who would use the gunpowder to cauterize wounds in emergency situation. https://sites.google.com/site/theadvancesofgunpowder/.../alternate-uses-of-gunpowder. Advances in technology lead to the development of hand held weapons such as the musket; and the firing bolts with iron feathers, Soon after more technological advances produced the cannon that were mainly used by the European military. Skilled military craftsmen who were later called fire makers
The explosion of gunpowder was described by a guy name Ge Hong in 300 A.D. It wasn’t until the tang dynasty that people really began to use gunpowder. By the 1100’s A.D, the Islamic and Roman empires began to understand how to use gunpowder for weapons. By the 1300A.D gunpowder was used in many different ways. Firearms are the most common known weapon that was loaded with gunpowder in the cartridges to propel bullets outward. Fireworks are one of the first Chinese uses for gunpowder. Special effects also used gunpowder but in different concentrations to add explosions or smoke to movies, and stage productions. Gunpowder was also used in mining because when lit in a contained environment the explosions would clear debris or break apart big boulders that couldn’t be moved. Gunpowder was also used largely by field medics who would use the gunpowder to cauterize wounds in emergency situation. https://sites.google.com/site/theadvancesofgunpowder/.../alternate-uses-of-gunpowder. Advances in technology lead to the development of hand held weapons such as the musket; and the firing bolts with iron feathers, Soon after more technological advances produced the cannon that were mainly used by the European military. Skilled military craftsmen who were later called fire makers