Static Electricity ??

[Rumbler]

Is static discharge capable of igniting powder? Gunpowder is very, very stable. I wouldn't worry about it.

Yes. Absolutely. Most positively for sure. I did it about 24 hours ago.

It is true that smokeless powder is very stable. But that in no practical way correlates to its flammability. Think newspaper. Extremely stable. But also pretty darned flammable! Drop a hot spark on newspaper and it'll burn a hole in it. Smokeless powder, drop a hot spark into it and it will ignite.

[crawdaddy34]

Let's get one thing really clear. I am not scared of faggots.... I just hate them. There is no phobia here.
But I love you and you soft supple static free skin.

Jesus says hate is bad.

God bless.

[Rumbler]

http://www.ctmuzzleloaders.com/ctml_...ks/sparks.html

I will not even pretend to know the why/how of this. Sure looks like that guy knows what he was doing.

And it annoys me greatly that I have no choice but to dispute his conclusion. But I've got burns on my fingers and a singed scale pan I can't just ignore.

[Bodo]

Yes. Absolutely. Most positively for sure. I did it about 24 hours ago.

It is true that smokeless powder is very stable. But that in no practical way correlates to its flammability. Think newspaper. Extremely stable. But also pretty darned flammable! Drop a hot spark on newspaper and it'll burn a hole in it. Smokeless powder, drop a hot spark into it and it will ignite.

Correct. Heat is what starts the reaction. Very little heat is produced with static shock.

[Rumbler]

I went and bought a box of dryer sheets at the dollar store. They were on sale for a dollar.

Worked like a million bucks.

. . . no girly smelling lotion required.


Though I do have to admit that the sheets didn't do sheet for my ashy skin.

[GrantA]

OK who snuck in and added some wiring to Rumbler's scale?