Ancient China gunpowder

Ancient China gunpowder
Ancient China gunpowder also was known as black gunpowder.
It can be rapid and regular burning itself by the appropriate role of external energy and at the same time create a large number of high-temperature and gases.
Black gunpowder was invented thousand years ago by the Chinese.
The idea which leads to the discovery of China gunpowder is from ancient alchemy.
From the Warring States period to the early Han Dynasty of China’s history, the emperor and nobility were indulging in the illusion of the immortal.

This great Royal Development Project was originally for develop “magic pill” but it finally lead to find out the by-product –the recipe of black gunpowder.
The original recipe of ancient China gunpowder was 15:3:2 of saltpeter, charcoal, sulfur.
However it has been changed over the history. Until nineteenth century it fixed the standard formula 6: 1: 1.

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