Gunpowder/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Gunpowder.

A black-coloured mixture of sulfur, charcoal, and potassium nitrate, which burns rapidly, producing volumes of hot solids and gases which can be used as a propellant in firearms and as a pyrotechnic composition in fireworks.

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