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.
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.
The creator of black powder (gunpowder) is unknown, but was the result of the work of Chinese alchemists. Originally, black powder burned rather slowly, but was modified to burn faster for use in rockets and weaponry.