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Potassium nitrate, or saltpeter charcoal and sulfur
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What are the components of black powder what are the ratios of these components?
It is composed of charcoal, saltpeter, and sulfur
What were the components of the first bomb?
Black powder. By the Chinese
What are the components of black powder What are the ratios of these component's?
It is composed of charcoal, saltpeter, and sulfur
What are components of black powder used in fire works what are their ratios?
sulfer charcoal saltpeter
What are the principal parts of black powder?
Black powder has just 3 components: potassium nitrate, charcoal and sulfur in the ratio 75:15:10. These are integrated finely into each other.
What makes up the black powder?
Black powder is made up of potassium nitrate, charcoal and sulfur in the ratio 75:15:10. These components are integrated finely into each other.
What are the ratios of the components of black powder in fireworks?
The Chinese invented black powder. A basic composition has about 75% of KNO3 , (potassium nitrate), about 10% S (sulfur), and about 15% charcoal. Al have to be pulverized separately.
What are the 3 components of a blackpowder?
By black powder do you mean gunpowder? It is made of; charcoal, sulphur and saltpetre( sometime called potassium nitrate)
What components are in smokeless powder?
The principal components may be nitrocellulose, nitroglycerine or nitroguanidine.
What compound is a black powder?
Manganese dioxide (MnO2) is a black powder.
What is a disadvantage of black powder?
Black powder absorbs moisture from the atmosphere
What is the ratio of the components in black powder?
=Black Powder:==75 parts Potassium Nitrate ( KNO3 or saltpeter/saltpetre, or nitre/niter). 10 parts Sulphur/sulphur (S) 15 parts Charcoal (C)==Generally, around the world in the 1800s, Black Powder came to be standardized at 15/2/3 or 15/3/2 of KNO/S/C, both to the same effect.=
