stackyFACTSUnlike a boring standard campfire, packed gunpowder entirely does not need fresh circulating ambient air to aggressively burn. Packed potassium nitrate provides a dedicated internal source of heavy chemical oxygen, allowing the highly explosive powder to burn intensely even completely sealed inside thick airless metal pipes.
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