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Why does gun powder make noise?

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Anonymous

11y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

When it burns, it does so VERY quickly, producing a cloud of very hot gasses. Those gasses expand rapidly, creating a shock wave. That shock wave pushes against air very quickly, creating sound.

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11y ago

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