To: Cicero
Sorry, meant to say carbon powder, potassium chlorate, and sulfur.
5 posted on
04/20/2017 7:04:24 PM PDT by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Cicero
To: Cicero
8 posted on
04/20/2017 7:08:14 PM PDT by
dangerdoc
(disgruntled)
To: Cicero
19 posted on
04/20/2017 7:59:10 PM PDT by
reg45
(Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
To: Cicero; RFEngineer
. . . and fine charcoal. Eleuthere Irenee du Pont used charcoal made from willow twigs from along the Brandywine . . .
20 posted on
04/20/2017 8:02:44 PM PDT by
imardmd1
(Fiat Lux)
To: Cicero
Potassium chlorate was old-school primer compound...the corrosive stuff that made it necessary to wash out the barrel and working parts with hot soapy water or face aggressive rusting in a short time.
23 posted on
04/20/2017 8:36:44 PM PDT by
M1903A1
("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy... and call it progress")
To: Cicero
I used to make black powder with charcoal (carbon powder), potassium nitrate and sulfur. Made some great noisemakers......
37 posted on
04/21/2017 3:47:56 AM PDT by
trebb
(Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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