Tag: ACS Omega

Evolution of Medieval Gunpowder: Thermodynamic andCombustion AnalysisTessy S. Ritchie, Kathleen E. Riegner, Robert J. Seals, Clifford J. Rogers, and Dawn E. Riegner ACS Omega 2021, 6, 22848-22856 ABSTRACT: Medieval gunpowder recipes of potassium nitrate (KNO3), charcoal (C), and sulfur (S 8) were investigated by bomb calorimetry to determine their enthalpies of combustion and by differential…