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Gunpowder

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Gunpowder, commonly referred to as black powder to distinguish it from modern smokeless powder, is the earliest known chemical explosive. It is one of the Four Great Inventions of China and was first used for warfare around AD 904. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Sourced to the subject's own accountDate reflects the first recorded military use per the source, not the initial discovery of the gunpowder formula, which the source does not date precisely.
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  • Lead section (entity-description)
    Gunpowder, commonly referred to as black powder to distinguish it from modern smokeless powder, is the earliest known chemical explosive.
  • Lead section (first military use)
    it was first used for warfare around AD 904.
  • In Field: Chemical Engineering, Lead section
    Gunpowder, referred to as black powder to distinguish it from modern smokeless powder, is the earliest known chemical explosive.
  • In Group: Explosives and Incendiary Compounds, Lead paragraph
    is the earliest known chemical explosive
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