Powder Explosion Caused by Static Electricity Injures Man

[Grenadier1758]

By golly, your right.
I got curious so, using my multi-meter I checked to see if the plastic bottle some Schuetzen powder is in was conductive. With the meter set to the 20M ohm's scale, I got readings of conductivity between the two probes on numerous tests.

Doing the same test on the black plastic bottle some Pyrodex is in, I got 0.0000 ohms indicating that the Pyrodex bottles are made from non-conductive plastic.

Yeah, @Zonie, I am an engineer too. While I haven't actually verified the conductivity on my black powder cans, I was certain they were of the conductive variety. I don't have any Pyrodex to check either.

 

[toot]

so just what is it??

 

[gerryherd]

http://www.ctmuzzleloaders.com/ctml_experiments/sparks/sparks.html

 

[Professor flintlock]

Gerry thanks for sharing your work. This should put that static question to bed. Your presentation was excellent. Thanks again.

 

[pooch156]

@Articap is correct. Those black plastic containers in which black powder is shipped are impregnated with carbon so that they conduct electricity and can not build up static. Rest easy with respect to the black plastic containers of black powder.

Same thing with gasoline cans both plastic and metal.