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Smokeless Powder And High Explosive
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• Smokeless powder/high explosives
BANYAN OLDS AND DAVID JAN
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DEVELOPMENT OF SMOKELESS POWDER
Black powder was dirty and smokey.
Paul Vieille invented the first successful smokeless gunpowder.
A person could shoot more rounds and not damage his gun.
You cannot use smokeless gun powder inside a Black Powder gun.
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WHERE THE POWDER WAS FIRST USED
French Army
Spanish-American War
World War 1
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THE BALANCE OF POWER
It made it easier to fight wars
In World War I more people died
Broke the balance between societies
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Smokeless powder that is used today
Gunpowder now put directly in casings
Used in fireworks and firecrackers in small amounts.
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WHAT DO HIGH EXPLOSIVES DO?
Make smoke, flame, and noise.
Pressure up to 500,000 times the Earth's atmosphere.
Huge amounts of energy in billionths of a secon.
Travels as fast as 10 kilometers per second.
Temperatures can soar to 5,500 kelvin
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HISTORIES
Nitroglycerin
Picric acid
TNT
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WAR AND THE BALANCE OF POWER
Picric acid was used in the Second Boer War and Russo Japanese War.
It helped British people win the second Boer War.
British still used it in World War I, but Germany used TNT.
Plastic explosives made sabotage easier in World War IIu.
It is used for military engineering like blasting rocks
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TODAY AND FUTURE
Hundreds of high explosives
Improvised explosive devices(IED)
Explosives will be used in motors.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Davis, William C., Jr. (1981). Handloading.
National Rifle Association of America.
Fairfield, A. P., CDR USN (1921). Naval Ordnance.
Lord Baltimore Press.
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ACTIVITY
Banyan Olds
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