How to make gunpowder more sensitive ?

Question

I have some gunpowder that made thet myself but when I burn it ,it has slow reaction that no explosion will be occure .

is there any way to snsitize that ( I mix materials with several fractions but only I have weak powders)

Answer 1

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Anyway now that my rant is over on annoying people.

Here, this is how you can make your gunpowder more reactive:

Add more sulfur cause it lowers the activation energy (only if you have trouble getting it started), I would suggest this since it will allow the combustion to be activated by a paper towel fuse (safer)

Add more potassium nitrate for quicker reaction, that'll be your problem

Add more charcoal(sugar works fine also) for more power, cause its basically a fuel

But in the end gunpowder is just now powerful enough unless you like to brag about common explosives.

Try a thermite reaction, it is quick, powerful and dangerous (wear a heavy jacket)
The power and heat from a thermite is used to weld metals together, namely iron. Check some other websites for it.

Remember, personal experience is best way to learning something. Though stay in school cause that too is an experience that you should keep

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