Researchers tested medieval gunpowder recipes in this replica of an early 15th-century stone-throwing cannon. Credit: T.S. Ritchie et al., ACS Omega 2021 ...

Blowing up medieval gunpowder recipes Date: September 22, 2021 Source: American Chemical Society Summary: First used for battle in China in about 900 A.D., gunpowder spread throughout Eurasia by ...

Armor was not as sophisticated in medieval times, and it seems that most of the armor that could have stopped a bullet was developed after the medieval period, said Tavares.

This Chemist’s Pandemic Hobby? Firing Medieval Cannonballs. Gunpowder used in cannons helped change the nature of warfare, but it took a while to get the recipe just right. Share full article ...

Chemistry professor Dawn Riegner had a literal blast during her pandemic downtime, as she recreated gunpowder recipes and helped a friend studying medieval weapons.

Researchers at the West Point Military Academy are studying historic gunpowder formulas from the medieval era … by firing them out of an actual cannon.

War, war never changes—though we might romanticise the age of knights and chivalry as a period of glimmering banners and full-plate heroes, it was, inevitably, pretty nasty—filled with ...

Dawn Riegner, Cliff Rogers and their team of chemists and historians wanted to analyze the energetics of medieval gunpowder recipes to help understand the intent of master gunners in creating these ...

Previously, researchers assumed that medieval grenades would have contained gunpowder. But gunpowder, first developed in China, did not appear in the Middle East until the 13th century.

After charting the development of gunpowder weapons in China from the tenth century to their development and uses in medieval Europe, Andrade identifies a mini-divergence in Chinese and European ...

In general, in the period 1338–1400 A.D., the percentage of saltpeter increased and charcoal decreased, causing lower heats of combustion, which could have produced safer recipes for medieval ...

In general, in the period 1338–1400 A.D., the percentage of saltpeter increased and charcoal decreased, causing lower heats of combustion, which could have produced safer recipes for medieval ...