gunpowder

Summary

gunpowder is a mixture^[1]. gunpowder ranks in the top 0.76% of mixture entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,358 views/month, #1 of 131).^[2]

Key Facts

• gunpowder is credited with the discovery of Berthold Schwarz^[3].
• gunpowder's instance of is recorded as mixture^[4].
• gunpowder's instance of is recorded as explosive chemicals^[5].
• gunpowder is a type of powder explosive^[6].
• gunpowder is a type of powder^[7].
• gunpowder is a type of propellant^[8].
• gunpowder's Commons category is recorded as Gunpowder^[9].
• gunpowder comprises charcoal^[10].
• gunpowder comprises sulfur^[11].
• gunpowder comprises potassium nitrate^[12].
• gunpowder's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 900^[13].
• gunpowder's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gunpowder^[14].
• gunpowder's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia^[15].
• gunpowder's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[16].
• gunpowder's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[17].
• gunpowder's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language^[18].
• gunpowder's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[19].
• gunpowder's different from is recorded as smokeless powder^[20].
• gunpowder's different from is recorded as powder explosive^[21].
• gunpowder's history of topic is recorded as history of gunpowder^[22].
• gunpowder's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have^[23].
• gunpowder's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[24].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include mixture^[4] and explosive chemicals^[5]. Recorded subclass of include powder explosive^[6], powder^[7], and propellant^[8].

Use and Application

Components include charcoal^[10]; sulfur^[11], a chemical element^[25]; and potassium nitrate^[12], a type of chemical entity^[26].

Influence

Things named for gunpowder include Gunpowder empires^[27], a term^[28] and Powder Tower^[29], a museum^[30], in Czech Republic^[31], founded in 1475^[32].

Why It Matters

gunpowder ranks in the top 0.76% of mixture entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,358 views/month, #1 of 131).^[2] gunpowder has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] gunpowder is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

Entities named for gunpowder include Gunpowder empires^[27], a term^[28] and Powder Tower^[29], a museum^[30], in Czech Republic^[31], founded in 1475^[32].