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Gunpowder - Essay

Gunpowder

Gunpowder is an explosive material that burns rapidly to form a high pressure gas. Expansion of this gas inside the barrel of a gun can accelerate a projectile to great speed. Gunpowder is therefore used a propellant in a variety of thinks like ammunition. It is also used in explosives for blasting operations, fireworks and fuses in slightly Gunpowder has had a unique history since its discovery in the early 1100’s. Gunpowder comes in many forms from a dirty burning black powder to a smokeless variety of powders. Gunpowder has been used for a number of things over the last 900 years for a variety of things ranging from recreational uses to military warfare. The first people to acquire ...

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Added: 3/8/2011 10:30:49 PM
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