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A creeper is a fictional creature in the sandbox video game Minecraft.Creepers are hostile mobs (mobile non-player characters) that spawn in dark places.Instead of attacking the player directly, they creep up on the player and explode, destroying blocks in the surrounding area and potentially hurting or killing the player if they are within the blast radius.
Gunpowder is a low explosive: it does not detonate, but rather deflagrates (burns quickly). This is an advantage in a propellant device, where one does not desire a shock that would shatter the gun and potentially harm the operator; however, it is a drawback when an explosion is desired.
Armstrong’s Mixture. Armstrong's mixture is a highly shock and friction sensitive [1] explosive.Formulations vary, but one consists of 67% potassium chlorate, 27% red phosphorus, 3% sulfur, and 3% calcium carbonate.
Creeper , creatures found within the video game Minecraft; Creeper, a fictional hard rock band from 2001 Canadian film Fubar; Creeper, a spirit character in the 2005 video game The Suffering: Ties That Bind; Creepers, mechanical monsters in the Shannara fantasy novels; The Creeper, a character played by Rondo Hatton in several horror movies
Finnish smokeless powder. Smokeless powder is a type of propellant used in firearms and artillery that produces less smoke and less fouling when fired compared to black powder. Because of their similar use, both the original black powder formulation and the smokeless propellant which replaced it are commonly described as gunpowder.
Although all firearm propellants are generally called powder, [1] the term gunpowder originally described mixtures of charcoal and sulfur with potassium nitrate as an oxidizing agent. [ 2 ] : 133, 137 By the 20th century these early propellants were largely replaced by smokeless powder of nitrocellulose or similarly nitrated organic compounds .
A torus or washer, often made from a playing card, is placed over the hole, with a space for a fuse or powder trail. The top anvil is placed upside down, face to face with the bottom anvil. [4] A technique for firing a single anvil uses a stone base. The space formed by the anvil's concave base is filled with black powder.
The discography of Creeper, an English rock band, consists of three studio albums, six extended plays (EPs), 20 singles, 24 music videos and three other appearances.Formed in Southampton by vocalist Will Gould, guitarists Ian Miles and Sina Nemati, bassist Sean Scott and drummer Dan Bratton, Creeper independently released their self-titled debut EP in June 2014. [1]