It was gunpowder.
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Black powder
black powder forces the stars out and ignites them.
Gunpowder or black powder serves many important functions including giving bullets their exploding power. It was originally invented by the Chinese.
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With mud and black ink.
Black powder. By the Chinese
standard black powder Charcoal,potassium nitrate and sulfur. I have no idea the exact percentages used of each at the time, but they had to be very close to what is used today. Otherwise it wouldn't work. You can look up the formula very easily.
Black powder, in fact is the term used in fireworks. Otherwise, it may be referred to as gunpowder although black powder has now become a more acceptable term because it is no longer used in guns(except for the antique ones). Guns now utilize smokeless powders.
Actually it was the Chinese around 1040... they used it for fireworks
Black powder, also known as gunpowder, is a mixture of saltpeter (potassium nitrate), sulfur, and charcoal (carbon).
Unknown for certain, but it was probably the Chinese as they invented black powder.