2006-09-13 11:09:21 · 4 answers · asked by M.F.R. 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
im not gonna do something stupid i just have a hypothesis about this
2006-09-13 11:23:37 · update #1
You shouldn't be playing around with gun powder if you have no training in it's properties. If you had that, you wouldn't be asking this question.
2006-09-13 11:17:29 · answer #1 · answered by Pundit Bandit 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As others have said, don't try this at home. Now, to answer the question. The size of the granules in gun powder is one of the ways to control the speed of it's burn. So compressing the powder together will change the burn properties, so it will change the strength of it's explosion. As a matter of fact, that is one of the things that was implicated in the explosion in the gun turret on the USS Iowa. To get a smaller substance with the same strength will probably require a change in the chemical composition.
2006-09-13 20:01:52 · answer #2 · answered by picsboy777 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An explosion is a very quick burst of energy in a small space. The smaller the space the bigger the bang, which is why gun's have a narrow barrel.
In theory, anything can be compressed, but by compressing gun powder you will pack it with energy, which will cause the powder to heat, and at one point it will be hot enough to explode.
I don't know at which point it will burn, and it is very dangerous to experiment with gunpowder.
2006-09-13 18:27:52 · answer #3 · answered by delrieum 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're not familiar with the properties of the particular substance you're wanting to compress, for your own sake, LEAVE IT ALONE ALLTOGETHER.
Seems like you're wanting to do something really stupid.
2006-09-13 18:20:54 · answer #4 · answered by CJohn317 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋