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>>You are totally wrong!  Black powder is NOT a primary explosive.  It will
>>NOT "detonate" if burned in the open.  It will not "detonate" if it is plac
>>in a conceal container such as a bullet casing and ignited.  All BP does is
>>deflagrate and produce a large quantity of gasses.  Do you understand the
>>difference between detonation and deflagration?  The only way to possiblly
>>get black powder to detonate is with a very powderfull detonation to start
>>the process.  It is extremly difficult and blasting caps will not do it.  Y
>>may be thinking of nitrocellulose or "gun powder" it can be made to detonat
>>but again that is extremely difficult.  A substance is said to detonate if
>>the rate of probagation of the burning front through the substance is faste
>>the the speed of sound.  A substance is said to deflagrate when it burn
>>slower than the speed of sound and does not produce a large shock wave whic
>>is the result of detonation.

>Consult the Hazmat database, or the DOT classification schedule. Black
>powder is most definitely classed as an explosive while nitrocellulose
>propellant powder is classed as a flamable solid. You can ship smokeless
>gunpowder UPS, but black powder must be transported by special hazardous
>materials carriers licensed to transport explosives. There is only one
>black powder plant in the US. It is completely remotely operated because
>of the extreme explosion hazard offered by black powder. That's the Hogdon
>Powder Works. In the 19th century, black powder mills were notorious for
>exploding from static electricity or other trivial ignition sources. There
>were only two mining explosives, blasting powder (aka black powder) and
>nitroglycerin in the 19th century. Both were considered extremely dangerous
>to handle. Nobel made his fortune by inventing a safer explosive, dynamite.

I was awakened one night by an blast that shook the windows of my house.
A short time later I saw a number of emergency vehicles and walked down
the road to see what had happened.  It turned out that someone had
dropped a 1 lb. can of black powder on a concrete garage floor, and it
exploded.  All the windows were blown out of the garage, and the guy
that dropped the can was seriously injured.

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