A short history of gunpowder and the role of charcoal in its manufacture

History of Greek Fire and Gunpowder

Henry M. Leicester, J. R. Partington · Technology and Culture · 1961 · 98 citations

Humanities, Classics, History +10

The initiation, burning and thermal decomposition of gunpowder

JD Blackwood, Frank Philip Bowden · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 1952 · 41 citations

Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry +17

Effect of different carbons on ignition temperature and activation energy of black powder

A. D. Kirshenbaum · Thermochimica Acta · 1977 · 21 citations

Engineering, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +17

Observations on burning and flame-spread of black powder

Forman A. Williams · AIAA Journal · 1976 · 11 citations

Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Physics +17