From the earliest period, gunpowder has been composed of a nitrate salt, sulfur, and carbonaceous matter.
2.
The sulfur content was 19.8 % if all carbonaceous matter was considered, 24.7 % if this excluded poisons, and 30 % if charcoal is specified alone.
3.
The carbon content was 40.5 % if all carbonaceous matter was considered, 25.9 % if this excluded poisons, and 10 % if charcoal alone was specified.
4.
In some cases they are rich in graphite or carbonaceous matter; in others they are full of brown mica; some spots consist of rather coarser grains of quartz than occur in the matrix.
5.
The carbon content was 59.5 % if all carbonaceous matter was taken into account, 53.2 % if this excluded poisons, and 22.4 % if charcoal alone was specified.
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The sulfur content would be 13.5 % if all carbonaceous matter was taken, 15.6 % if this excluded the poisons, and 25.9 % if only charcoal alone was specified.
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If the inner ball of the third black-powder formula is only considered, it held nitrate levels of 39.6 % if all carbonaceous matter was taken, 49.4 % nitrate if excluding the poisons, and 60 % if charcoal is specified alone.
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If both the inner ball and outer coating are considered for the third formula, that would yield a nitrate level of 27 % if all carbonaceous matter was taken, 31.2 % if this excluded poisons, and 51.7 % if charcoal alone was used.
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For the second labeled formula, the inner ball alone had a nitrate percentage of 61.5 % to 50.2 %, a sulfur content of 30.8 % to 25.1 %, and if all carbonaceous matter was taken, 24.7 %, if just taking the charcoal content alone, the carbon level was 7.7 %.
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