charcoal powder

charcoal powder
noun
1. : powdered charcoal
2. : gunpowder 1a

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Charcoal — For other uses, see Charcoal (disambiguation). Dry charcoal …   Wikipedia

  • Black powder substitute — A black powder substitute is a replacement for black powder used in muzzleloading and cartridge firearms. Black powder substitutes offer a number of advantages over black powder, primarily including reduced sensitivity, reduced fouling, and… …   Wikipedia

  • Oriental Powder Company — was a gunpowder manufacturer with mills located on the Presumpscot River in Gorham and Windham, Maine. The company was one of the four largest suppliers to Union forces through the American Civil War. Contents 1 History 2 Oriental Powder Company… …   Wikipedia

  • Meal powder — is the fine dust left over when black powder (gunpowder) is corned and screened to separate it into different grain sizes. It is used extensively in various pyrotechnic procedures, usually to prime other compositions. It can also be used in many… …   Wikipedia

  • Serpentine powder — is an early type of gunpowder made of potassium nitrate, charcoal and sulfur. These three ingredients listed above, formed a flammable powder which was used in firearms. In order to make this gunpowder, an appropriate amount of each ingredient… …   Wikipedia

  • Bamboo charcoal — is made up from pieces of bamboo, which are taken from plants five years or older, and burned inside an oven at temperatures over 800° C. It not only provides a new way to utilize bamboo, but also benefits to environment protection by reducing… …   Wikipedia

  • Fingerprint powder — Fingerprint powders are fine powders used in dusting for fingerprints by crime scene investigators and others in law enforcement. The process of dusting for fingerprints involves various methods intended to get the particles of the powder to… …   Wikipedia

  • Brown powder — Brown powder, often referred as cocoa powder due to its color, is an explosive agent similar to black powder, but with a slower (and therefore gentler) burning rate. This difference is achieved by incorporating fuel ingredients that are in a less …   Wikipedia

  • brown powder — noun : a gunpowder made by the use of an underburned brown charcoal instead of black charcoal called also cocoa powder …   Useful english dictionary

  • Mineral charcoal — Mineral Min er*al, a. 1. Of or pertaining to minerals; consisting of a mineral or of minerals; as, a mineral substance. [1913 Webster] 2. Impregnated with minerals; as, mineral waters. [1913 Webster] {Mineral acids} (Chem.), inorganic acids, as… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”