Because Its a propellant not an explosive powder. If you were to make a firework or some type of flame ignited explosive it will not work it will simply burn slowly. The reason it “explodes” in a gun is because it is ignited by a primer immediately consuming all the powder turning it into gas/smoke/a bit of flame
@@mikeoneil5741 wrong, smokeless wont work even if its confined. It will not work confined if its flame ignitited, example is cannons and flintlock rifles. It needs a strong percussion cap or primer for it to achieve maximum pressure
So technically the term is “deflagrates” not “burns”. This is a smokeless powder. It is pretty slow. Black powder is faster, and flash powder is super fast. They are referred to as flammable solids under hazmat and not explosives. But if they are contained under pressure, with nowhere for the energy to escape when they deflagrate, boom.
There are plenty of smokeless powders that burn super fast too. Rifle powders like this just tend to be slower burning because they are designed to build up velocity from the long burn since it has the time to do so out of rifle length barrels. Most pistol powders on the other hand flash off very quickly so that they can build their pressure and velocity more quickly being that there typically isn’t much barrel length in handgun calibers. I’m an avid hand loader of multiple calibers and the vast difference between how some of the powders I use burn is very interesting.
Fun fact: this is so called european powder because it burns slowly ,but it more powerful. You also have chinese powder which burns quickly ,but less powerful.
WRONG! It is nitrocellulose based. Sometimes in combination with nitroglycerin. Chinese, European, American powders all can range from fast to slow depending on the intended application. This is smokeless powder. Fireworks use black powder sometimes mixed with powdered metals to create colors when burning. Anyone using tin snips as pliers probably doesn’t know the answer to your question.
It burns faster under barrel/chamber pressure. It's a controlled explosion. It takes time to project a bullet without blowing it up. If there is a high explosion, then the bullet's mass won't have enough time to relieve the pressure without blowing up the chamber.
Desde Argentina 🇦🇷. La pólvora se enciende lentamente por qué es ( pólvora magnun ) lo cual se va quemando a medida que el proyectil va avanzando sobre el cañon y de esa forma le da más velocidad.
@@africanogloriosus7474está perfecta....si encendieras la carga de una munición del calibre 300 win. mag. verías que se quema aún más lento. y eso pasa por el exceso de oxígeno circundante...en cambio dentro del anima ocurre lo contrario, la carga tiene su propio oxígeno en estado solido y quema " hacia adentro " en milésimas de segundos.
@Madfabricator fixed, I didn't feel the need to proofread a youtube comment it's very unimportant. But thank you for wasting your time being concerned about it
What a load of nonsensical comments here.. 1. Nitro powder burn rate depends on pressure. Allow the pressure to build and the burn rate will accelerate. Burn nitro in air and it burns slowly. 2. Propellent burns in a gun, not detonates. The primer simply ignites the propellent. 3. I have burned literally tons of nitro at a time to get rid of it. It produces huge orange flames and great heat, but no bang!
Faster burning powders cause pressure spikes to happen more quickly. This can be a problem for heavy bullets, which don't have time to get started before the pressure spike occurs. Slower burning powders allow pressure to climb gradually, which helps move the bullet before the pressure peaks. Which is why pistol loads use fast powder. The projectiles are generally lighter than rifle loads and the barrel is too short for a slow burning powder. Rifle rounds use slower burning powder as the projectiles are generally heavier and the longer barrel allows for peak pressure/velocity at the muzzle.
@@TheDarkRodent oh? Is that right? My man, I've been reloading for years. Tell me more about how a 9mm has a lighter bullet than a 5.56? How about a .40 or .45 having a lighter bullet than a .308? Hell, many of the bullets even weigh the same or damn close between different calibers. Bullet weight has nothing to do with it. Pistols use faster powder so it can burn as completely as possible due to a generally shorter barrel length and have proper pressures to cycle the action. Rifles use slower for much the same reason. It allows the pressure to remain high enough to cycle the action through a much longer barrel. A fast pistol powder would either 1. Burn out in a rifle before the bullet leaves the barrel, 2. Pressure spike too high while trying to force the bullet out potentially turning the barrel and action into a pipe bomb, 3. If it did manage to force the bullet through, it would be extremely slow. Think of it like octane in fuel. The higher octane = slower burning powder. You get a resistance to burning so quickly which allows more power to generate over a longer time.
The slow burn that effectuates on open air and on a plank IS NOT the same as under pressure inside the chamber. Under pressure it will burn hot and fast to the point of 50,000+ of CPU's (chamber pressure units). 1cpu=14.5 lb hence why exceedingly important to never have an obstructed barrel.
@@tangogolf846Lmfao the amount of wrong info in this entire comment section is astounding. Thanks for being one of the few to respond with something correctly. RUclips comments are just the worst.
Let me guess. The slow burn ensures that the thrust is maintained throughout the rifle barrel. A faster burning powder would exhaust it's power too quickly and the resistance of the barrel would take away from the velocity a slower burn would yield. Just guessing, I'm no expert, jusr applying a bit of logic. I would greatly aporeciate a reply from someone who knows the actual reasoning behind this.
I'm not the expert you're looking for, but from what I know, that is basically it. A slower burning powder will keep increasing gas pressure for longer, which is perfect for a rifle. A faster burning powder will create a lot of pressure in a short time and will lose pressure just as fast, perfect for shorter barrels, like a pistol.
@@mikocap21why are you bringing up black powder? It has nothing to do with smokeless powders in modern ammunition. It also burns faster in both scenarios.
Pistol powder isn't particularly different chemically. The difference in burn rate is largely an effect of geometry of the individual grains of powder. Flake powders like used in pistols and shotguns burns faster because it is thin flakes with lots of surface area, whereas rifle powder is generally balls or extended cylinders (sometimes with holes through them) which take longer for the flame to propagate through
I like the way the powder rolls around. Milled spherical to affect surface area/burn rate. There's probably gunsmiths out there who can look at the powder and tell you what it is
Yo mi man! I was doing the same thing you are and that shell went off in my hand! Just saying if there is someone standing next to you and it goes off possibly injured or killed!!! I was lucky only lost feeling in my right hand and the person next to me has a 22 round in his shoulder!!! Be safe with live ammunition!
@@Guywhoiscool-5543No, black powder isn’t expensive, it’s just potassium nitrate, carbon and sulfur. The reason it’s not used for firearms is because of how unclean it burns compared to smokeless gunpowder. Black power does burn quicker in open air tho
African Warlords mixed gunpowder with Cocaine because the Nitroglycerin in the Nitrocellulose powders would open up the blood vessels and allow the drug to move through the blood stream faster. It also had the benefit of reducing the chest pains commonly associated with Cocaine use. It's called Brown-Brown
I feel like gunpowder should burn a tad faster than that, could it have drawn in moisture? I know it only explodes when packed tightly as well, but most gunpowder seems to burn more violently than that.
@@SolaChristus1776 Yeah, like air pressure, but in a bullet its not going to be air pressure. It would be gas pressure from the gasses released from the powder burning. The gas is trying to expand and the walls of the casing and barrel are confining it so the pressure increases. The extra pressure pushes the burning particles closer together so they can transfer energy to nearby particles quicker and cause them to burn
@@lukalukaluka123incorrect, if it was enclosed but lit with a torch it will not “explode” bullet will not exit the gun. The powder is a propellant which means only a strong ignition like a percussion cap or primer will turn it into an immediate “explosion”.
I made some smokeless powder and was disappointed..i thought since it burned slower than my black powder it wasnt good....now idk what to think..need to fire it ig
@Czsh2 well you start by making nitrocellulose. Then devolve it into acetone..the acetone will evaporate. You can grind the leftover material into small granules...there you go...there are videos on how to make gun cotton/ flash paper....that's nitrocellulose
it is not that hard to make a gun powder or bullet or casing...or even a gun itself...but the primer compound is the hardest part...too many specific hard to obtain ingredients...
Freaking slow, black powder burns a lot faster! How does that even work? I mean it burns slow but how does it create enough gas pressure for the projectile to launch?
Smokeless powder burns exponentially faster as the pressure increases, in an enclosed environment like the chamber of a firearm the pressure (and therefore speed of the burn) ramps up to what seems like an explosion when experienced in real time Black powder doesn't really experience the same effect, and will generally maintain a very similar burn rate under pressure
you know when the primer cap ignites the powder and it expands in all directions,then straight away the bullet moves down the barrel and the blast pressure stays right up behind the bullet, an filmed out the barrel ,12ga,6inch,barrel,the blast ring expands about one foot round,at 1-1.5 meter and its a fire ring..."royal nonsuch" archived
The powder is under so much pressure when it's in the casing, so when it's activated all the pressure has nowhere to escape so it all pushes to the bullet forcing it out which then shoots it out super fast
The slow burn is interesting.
Because Its a propellant not an explosive powder. If you were to make a firework or some type of flame ignited explosive it will not work it will simply burn slowly. The reason it “explodes” in a gun is because it is ignited by a primer immediately consuming all the powder turning it into gas/smoke/a bit of flame
@@RevoZ0don’t forget, it’s also compressed making it ignite all at once
@@RevoZ0it’s more like the shockwave from the primer detonating the rest
confine it and let the pressure build and youll see dramatically different behavoir. (might need a high speed camera)
@@mikeoneil5741 wrong, smokeless wont work even if its confined. It will not work confined if its flame ignitited, example is cannons and flintlock rifles. It needs a strong percussion cap or primer for it to achieve maximum pressure
So technically the term is “deflagrates” not “burns”. This is a smokeless powder. It is pretty slow. Black powder is faster, and flash powder is super fast. They are referred to as flammable solids under hazmat and not explosives. But if they are contained under pressure, with nowhere for the energy to escape when they deflagrate, boom.
I came here to use the word defligration, but you beat me to it!
There are plenty of smokeless powders that burn super fast too. Rifle powders like this just tend to be slower burning because they are designed to build up velocity from the long burn since it has the time to do so out of rifle length barrels. Most pistol powders on the other hand flash off very quickly so that they can build their pressure and velocity more quickly being that there typically isn’t much barrel length in handgun calibers. I’m an avid hand loader of multiple calibers and the vast difference between how some of the powders I use burn is very interesting.
Fun fact: this is so called european powder because it burns slowly ,but it more powerful. You also have chinese powder which burns quickly ,but less powerful.
Is this nitrocelulose ?
I think with hand gun it opposite.
WRONG! It is nitrocellulose based. Sometimes in combination with nitroglycerin. Chinese, European, American powders all can range from fast to slow depending on the intended application. This is smokeless powder. Fireworks use black powder sometimes mixed with powdered metals to create colors when burning. Anyone using tin snips as pliers probably doesn’t know the answer to your question.
Slow burning powder allows the bullet to accelerate in the barrel, making it more powerful
@@George-tz1cvSeguro que no está caducada?
It burns faster under barrel/chamber pressure. It's a controlled explosion. It takes time to project a bullet without blowing it up. If there is a high explosion, then the bullet's mass won't have enough time to relieve the pressure without blowing up the chamber.
Tin snips to pull out the bullet and ductape on the torch is definitely a channel I'm subscribing to😂
Don't forget, no insurance and laughing about it. 😂 definitely sub'd.
Desde Argentina 🇦🇷. La pólvora se enciende lentamente por qué es ( pólvora magnun ) lo cual se va quemando a medida que el proyectil va avanzando sobre el cañon y de esa forma le da más velocidad.
Pero aún así me parece muy lenta. Seguro que no está caducada?
Saludos desde España.
@@africanogloriosus7474está perfecta....si encendieras la carga de una munición del calibre 300 win. mag. verías que se quema aún más lento. y eso pasa por el exceso de oxígeno circundante...en cambio dentro del anima ocurre lo contrario, la carga tiene su propio oxígeno en estado solido y quema " hacia adentro " en milésimas de segundos.
La A-27 no es Magnum y también se quema lento....pero aún así es un poco más rápida que la Magnum
Im not a scientist but sparklers also burn slow unless you tape them together tightly then it explodes. Interesting that gun power does the same.
It makes sense that the same people to open a cartridge with tin snips would have a torch held together with duck tape
A touch ehh?😂
Proof read my guy.
@Madfabricator fixed, I didn't feel the need to proofread a youtube comment it's very unimportant. But thank you for wasting your time being concerned about it
Garden clippers?
What a load of nonsensical comments here..
1. Nitro powder burn rate depends on pressure. Allow the pressure to build and the burn rate will accelerate. Burn nitro in air and it burns slowly.
2. Propellent burns in a gun, not detonates. The primer simply ignites the propellent.
3. I have burned literally tons of nitro at a time to get rid of it. It produces huge orange flames and great heat, but no bang!
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Faster burning powders cause pressure spikes to happen more quickly. This can be a problem for heavy bullets, which don't have time to get started before the pressure spike occurs. Slower burning powders allow pressure to climb gradually, which helps move the bullet before the pressure peaks.
Which is why pistol loads use fast powder. The projectiles are generally lighter than rifle loads and the barrel is too short for a slow burning powder. Rifle rounds use slower burning powder as the projectiles are generally heavier and the longer barrel allows for peak pressure/velocity at the muzzle.
You're almost halfway there. Bullet weight has little to do with it.
@@CrashRacknShoot You're not even halfway there if you believe that.
@@TheDarkRodent oh? Is that right? My man, I've been reloading for years. Tell me more about how a 9mm has a lighter bullet than a 5.56? How about a .40 or .45 having a lighter bullet than a .308? Hell, many of the bullets even weigh the same or damn close between different calibers. Bullet weight has nothing to do with it.
Pistols use faster powder so it can burn as completely as possible due to a generally shorter barrel length and have proper pressures to cycle the action. Rifles use slower for much the same reason. It allows the pressure to remain high enough to cycle the action through a much longer barrel.
A fast pistol powder would either 1. Burn out in a rifle before the bullet leaves the barrel, 2. Pressure spike too high while trying to force the bullet out potentially turning the barrel and action into a pipe bomb, 3. If it did manage to force the bullet through, it would be extremely slow.
Think of it like octane in fuel. The higher octane = slower burning powder. You get a resistance to burning so quickly which allows more power to generate over a longer time.
The slow burn that effectuates on open air and on a plank IS NOT the same as under pressure inside the chamber. Under pressure it will burn hot and fast to the point of 50,000+ of CPU's (chamber pressure units). 1cpu=14.5 lb hence why exceedingly important to never have an obstructed barrel.
It's CUP for Copper Units of Pressure. There isn't a direct correlation between CUP and PSI.
@@tangogolf846Lmfao the amount of wrong info in this entire comment section is astounding. Thanks for being one of the few to respond with something correctly. RUclips comments are just the worst.
Let me guess. The slow burn ensures that the thrust is maintained throughout the rifle barrel. A faster burning powder would exhaust it's power too quickly and the resistance of the barrel would take away from the velocity a slower burn would yield. Just guessing, I'm no expert, jusr applying a bit of logic. I would greatly aporeciate a reply from someone who knows the actual reasoning behind this.
I'm not the expert you're looking for, but from what I know, that is basically it. A slower burning powder will keep increasing gas pressure for longer, which is perfect for a rifle. A faster burning powder will create a lot of pressure in a short time and will lose pressure just as fast, perfect for shorter barrels, like a pistol.
BP burns faster than smokeless in open air. In a barrel, different story.
@@mikocap21why are you bringing up black powder? It has nothing to do with smokeless powders in modern ammunition. It also burns faster in both scenarios.
That’s rifle powder.
Now try PISTOL powder.
Burns a hell of a lot faster when it’s under high pressure…
It burns faster either way. That's why we have burn charts to point to what works for what cartridge.
Pistol powder isn't particularly different chemically.
The difference in burn rate is largely an effect of geometry of the individual grains of powder. Flake powders like used in pistols and shotguns burns faster because it is thin flakes with lots of surface area, whereas rifle powder is generally balls or extended cylinders (sometimes with holes through them) which take longer for the flame to propagate through
@@Man_Emperor_of_Mankind by the throne! The Emperor speaks of the propellants of yore!
The way things are, I hate to see you waste a round.
ithink after two years..... almost round becomes spoiled
Just like the cartoons
I like the way the powder rolls around. Milled spherical to affect surface area/burn rate.
There's probably gunsmiths out there who can look at the powder and tell you what it is
What powder is it? Brand or similar to?
What make unfogging? What material?
ammo powder/ammo granulated?
Yo mi man! I was doing the same thing you are and that shell went off in my hand! Just saying if there is someone standing next to you and it goes off possibly injured or killed!!! I was lucky only lost feeling in my right hand and the person next to me has a 22 round in his shoulder!!! Be safe with live ammunition!
BS!!!
My man used a blow torch to start that. A mere match would not do 😎
it needs to be under pressure to burn fast.
I did that same shit when I was 8 years old back in the 60's inside my dad's Garage!
if the primer takes so long to burn, when how does it shoot so fast? i am a bum, please its for information only.
That's not the primer. It's the gun powder. When it's compressed in a closed space it burns quickly
It always amazed me how slow smokeless burns compared to black powder, but under pressure smokeless is way more powerful than black powder.
We don’t use black powder. We use gunpowder and ect. Black powder is very expensive.
But yeah
One is a slow ooooooooo, and other other is KABOEOOM
@@Guywhoiscool-5543No, black powder isn’t expensive, it’s just potassium nitrate, carbon and sulfur. The reason it’s not used for firearms is because of how unclean it burns compared to smokeless gunpowder. Black power does burn quicker in open air tho
@@Guywhoiscool-5543 donde es cara.?..es lo más común que existe...hasta la hacemos en casa cuando tenemos pereza de salir a comprarla..
That’s about a buck fifty down the crapper
How do they get it to explode?
thought he was about to hit the line
Netflix coke?
African Warlords mixed gunpowder with Cocaine because the Nitroglycerin in the Nitrocellulose powders would open up the blood vessels and allow the drug to move through the blood stream faster. It also had the benefit of reducing the chest pains commonly associated with Cocaine use. It's called Brown-Brown
Tf are you talking about?
I feel like gunpowder should burn a tad faster than that, could it have drawn in moisture? I know it only explodes when packed tightly as well, but most gunpowder seems to burn more violently than that.
It burns fast when its compressed in the casing
One factor that speeds up combustion is pressure. Higher pressure increases the burn rate
@@austinlockwood8818 like air pressure?
@@SolaChristus1776 Yeah, like air pressure, but in a bullet its not going to be air pressure. It would be gas pressure from the gasses released from the powder burning. The gas is trying to expand and the walls of the casing and barrel are confining it so the pressure increases. The extra pressure pushes the burning particles closer together so they can transfer energy to nearby particles quicker and cause them to burn
I need the consentrate of the formula
es sencillo hacerla.
Google will be invented soon
Best part about this is that that powder can be used as a flame extender in an emergency to assist with starting a fire.
burns just like BLC2
Is the powder low quality or it burns slow like that?
I think it’s made that way. In confined space it explodes
The powder for rifle ammunition burns at that speed when it is not contained, it is a slow defragmenting powder.
@@HardWorkingMenyes it explodes in space where is not air
@@lukalukaluka123either this is a shitty joke attempt or you are a genuine retard who can not comprehend basic language
@@lukalukaluka123incorrect, if it was enclosed but lit with a torch it will not “explode” bullet will not exit the gun. The powder is a propellant which means only a strong ignition like a percussion cap or primer will turn it into an immediate “explosion”.
That was slow and clean burn............... how interesting chemistry is.......
Crazy how much power it produces
Did he just say no to having health insurance!?
Lets seprate the primer and try above gunpowder
How do you plan on doing that? Dhuuu!
very slow >> Is this can make explosion ?
no shit, obviously it can
Yes. By confining it into a bullet, you trap the hot gases in the bullet. Which makes it burn faster. The pressure expands and pushes out the bullet.
I've used it to start campfires with damp Kindle
Learn something new today, I didn't know that gunpowder was flammable.
Hmm.. I thought it would burn much faster
actually, it the slow burning make it more powerful! back when muskets were a big new inveention, blackpowder burned quickly and wasnt much powrful
Tin snips really
did it occur to you he maybe only had them at that moment? of course not you got the cv jab!
@@brittanycunningham787 Use the right tool for the job!
...and WTF does the jab have to do with that?
I made some smokeless powder and was disappointed..i thought since it burned slower than my black powder it wasnt good....now idk what to think..need to fire it ig
Hello, if you have any information about this subject, can you describe to me how to make smokeless powder please?
@Czsh2 well you start by making nitrocellulose. Then devolve it into acetone..the acetone will evaporate. You can grind the leftover material into small granules...there you go...there are videos on how to make gun cotton/ flash paper....that's nitrocellulose
Thank you so much!
It doesnt explode until it is contained.
That is a very slow burn
it is not that hard to make a gun powder or bullet or casing...or even a gun itself...but the primer compound is the hardest part...too many specific hard to obtain ingredients...
That was not what I expected
Freaking slow, black powder burns a lot faster! How does that even work? I mean it burns slow but how does it create enough gas pressure for the projectile to launch?
Smokeless powder burns exponentially faster as the pressure increases, in an enclosed environment like the chamber of a firearm the pressure (and therefore speed of the burn) ramps up to what seems like an explosion when experienced in real time
Black powder doesn't really experience the same effect, and will generally maintain a very similar burn rate under pressure
Smokeless
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What I expected. I reload using IMR2400, a slow burning powder.
I thought gunpowders were meant to burn fast
In compressed in a closed space, yes, it burns fast
Contained it explodes.
Don’t try this with black powder. Ask me about my trip to the emergency room.
30 seconds I’ll never get back
Black powder is better than that for burn rate 😉
You ain’t lie. Thumbs up
I expected it to be faster.
PROPANE TANK! PROPANE TANK!
Poured it out like ❄️⛄️
Esa pólvora está caducada.
How completely pointless..
No - he shows how slowly it burns, not in a flash.
you know when the primer cap ignites the powder and it expands in all directions,then straight away the bullet moves down the barrel and the blast pressure stays right up behind the bullet, an filmed out the barrel ,12ga,6inch,barrel,the blast ring expands about one foot round,at 1-1.5 meter and its a fire ring..."royal nonsuch" archived
The reason it explode in a bullet casing is because of the primer creating extreme heat and pressure in a short period.
Nope.. the primer just ignites the charge. Nitro burning rate accelerates with pressure.
Not a clean buring powder as you can see it left behind residue.
That's all gun powder trails do cause I only did blackpowder trails
I burn lot of powder during the war.
it is just gunpowder is no different from 22 short to 50 BMG.
whats your point
Leo you have insurance lol
It is made from sulfur charcoal and salt and pepper
Why slow burning?
The powder is under so much pressure when it's in the casing, so when it's activated all the pressure has nowhere to escape so it all pushes to the bullet forcing it out which then shoots it out super fast
Hate watching videos of people wasting meat
Bullet key chain
Bad powder
Slower than bp. Weak
Damp
You might want to check your firing pin and BCG
So ?
2G speed powder😂
I belief its gonna flow out