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Smokeless powder is a type of
propellant used in
firearms and
artillery that
produces less
smoke and less
fouling when
fired compared to
black powder...
- Gunpowder, also
commonly known as
black powder to
distinguish it from
modern smokeless powder, is the
earliest known chemical explosive. It
consists of...
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replaced by
smokeless powder of
nitrocellulose or
similarly nitrated organic compounds.: 287–330 The
oldest gun
propellant was
black powder, a low explosive...
- The
Hodgdon Powder Company began in 1952 as B.E. Hodgdon, Inc., and has
become a
major distributor of
smokeless powder for the
ammunition industry, as...
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widely used in
various industries. Its main use is in the
production of
smokeless powder. In this use, it acts as a
burning rate
moderator and stabilizer. These...
- However, in
modern times,
smokeless powder has
largely replaced black powder as the most
common firearm propellant. Still,
black powder remains in use for certain...
- 1891 the
cartridge used
smokeless powder which had been the
intention from the outset, but the
decision on
which smokeless powder to
adopt had been dela****...
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Cordite is a
family of
smokeless propellants developed and
produced in
Britain since 1889 to
replace black powder as a
military firearm propellant. Like...
- or 9×33mmR (as it is
known in
unofficial metric designation) is a
smokeless powder cartridge with a 0.357 in (9.07 mm)
bullet diameter. It was created...
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rifles used
black powder as a propellant. The
combustion of
black powder produces about 55%
solid products,
whereas smokeless powder such as
cordite produces...
