QUESTIONS ABOUT GUNPOWDER: 10 pointa!!!?

The first pyrotechnics were made in china. Composed of potiun nitrate, sulfur and carbon.It was composed of about equal parts of each element at one time, but different combinations create stronger reactions.Everyone turns to sites these days, but to really get info I suggest you get a book on history of pyrotecnics from a library, or buy one at B.Dalton, or whatever book sellers are near you.As an added bit, Potium nitrate(kno3) can be found under animal dung, especially in cattle dung. When the cow poop dries, the potium leaches out and collects on the underside. Sulfur has to be mined, usually near old volcano sites, and carbon, from burning materials. Gl , antimony, and many other elements are added to gunpowder, such as antimony sulfide, so thee is no one formula for the material. coloring agents are added to make fireworks such as magnesiun nitrate. .