Re: mystery powder

Hactar <ebenZEROONE@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
> I just watched "Der Lauf der Dinge" (English title: "The Way Things
> Go").  It's a Rube Goldberg-ish sequence (rather, lots of sequences
> spliced together in a half hour) involving a lot of fire, fuzes, and
> electricity.  About 18 minutes in, there is a bit with piles of black
> powder that tinkles as it burns.  What could it be?  Something metallic?

Probably something like gunpowder with aluminum powder mixed in.

Pierre
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