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Propellants, Firearms, and Ammunition Development …

- - - - Solution: corning
        
        Benefits of corning: more uniformity of product, more power, more control over energy release, and made it necessary to develop stronger firearms
        
        Drawbacks of corning: proved to be too powerful for the cannons at the time
    - - Energy content not high enough for the amount of space it takes up
      - Relatively low velocities produced
      - Puff of smoke produced gives away the shooter's position
      - Residue produced is bad for the firearm
  - - - Benefits: less reactive, more control over energy release
      - Drawbacks: sublimation of the solvent resulted in increased energy release, and the granules could get broken into even smaller pieces, also increasing the energy released
    - - Benefits: stable when mixed with nitrocellulose, and didn't need anything else in the mixture
    - - Important step for developing the modern propellant but not used in actual firearms
    - - Benefits: more energy and less by-products
      - Drawbacks: very reactive, and too combustive for use in guns
- - - - Drawback: expensive
      - Benefit: more reliable than matchlock
    - - Benefits: waterproof and easier to use
    - - Drawback: couldn't be used in rain
  - - - Example: bullet
    - - Example: Roman candle
  - - - Was developed from the petard
  - - - Benefits: saved space, upward pressure
- - - - Drawback: folded metal became brittle
    - - North America: no official naming system
      - Europe: naming systems defined by government for manufacturers to abide by
    - - Drawbacks: misfires common, and low power due to thin case
  - - - Benefits: kept bullet from melting, interacted better with rifling, and were able to fire bullets faster
    - - Made of lead
      - Drawbacks: too light to maintain desired kinetic energy after firing, and the only way to fix was that was to make it bigger (less portable)