Composition
Description
NOTE: The term "general" is applied loosely here, referring to any black powder composition that was not designed for a specific purpose, or if it was then the specific application was not given.
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|
Watson |
Graecus |
Graecus |
Graecus |
Bacon |
Bacon |
Urbanski |
|
name |
Standard BP |
(composition as |
(composition as |
Ignis Volatilis |
(composition |
(composition |
(composition |
|
75 |
66.66 |
69.22 |
50 |
41 |
37.5 |
67 |
|
|
15 |
22.22 |
23.07 |
|
29.5 |
31.25 |
16.5 |
|
|
10 |
11.11 |
7.69 |
25 |
29.5 |
31.25 |
16.5 |
|
|
Resin |
|
|
|
25 |
|
|
|
|
|
Arderne |
Whitehorne |
Bruxelles Studies |
British Government |
Allen |
Allen |
Allen |
|
name |
(laboratory recipe, |
(composition |
(composition |
(powder made under contract, |
typical |
typical |
Sodium powder |
|
Potassium nitrate |
66.6 |
50.0 |
75.0 |
75.0 |
76 |
72.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
71 |
|
|
Charcoal |
22.2 |
33.3 |
15.62 |
12.5 |
12 |
18.2 |
16.5 |
|
Sulfur |
11.1 |
16.6 |
9.38 |
12.5 |
12 |
9.1 |
12.5 |