Can I use charcoal briquettes from the supermarket to make black powder?

I'm to lazy to make my own charcoal.Can I use charcoal briquettes from the supermarket to make black powder?
carbon is carbon, why not....





now all you need is a little sulphur and salt peter...Can I use charcoal briquettes from the supermarket to make black powder?
If you can grind them up to the required fineness.
No, carbon is not carbon in this case, because charcoal is not carbon! Charcoal is a mixture of some carbon but also complex hydrocarbons and who knows what else, depending on how it was made.





Referring to the question... yes, you can grind supermarket charcoal for blackpowder use, but it will be lower quality than if it were made from higher grade willow or softwood charcoal designed for black powder use. Supermarket charcoal contains flame-retardant dopants to slow burnrates.





However, you can't just mix sulfur KNO3 and charcoal and expect to have gunpowder...it will burn, but very slowly. To make proper blackpowder, component integration is needed with a ball mill and proper grinding media. If you're serious about making good black powder in quantity, get one, they're great. Instructions are here...


http://www.pyrocreations.com/making_blac鈥?/a>


Use the ';ball mill method.';

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