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One of the main ingredients for making high quality gunpowder is cotton. The Soviet Union did not know shortage of this valuable raw material thanks to the cotton industry Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. However, after the collapse of the USSR, these states have turned into neighboring countries. “White gold”, grown there, it began to skimp on enterprising by the Americans who started reselling it at exorbitant prices, including Russia.
For many years, Russian scientists have been looking for a replacement for cotton, so that our the country did not fall into raw dependence on a potential enemy. Central Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics, to which the government commissioned these studies, spent on them twelve years, but found a way out of this situation. Domestic experts suggested starting to make gunpowder, using as raw materials (excellent alternatives to cotton) – hemp and flax.
The test explosive mixture, which was equipped with ammunition for the Russian army was even better than gunpowder from cotton. It turned out that “linseed and hemp” gunpowder has much more energy. This means that the weight of the propellant charge decreased by about five to eight percent while maintaining the desired energy parameters. This led to an increase in range. firing and provided the domestic military with additional advantages in storing and transporting the mixture. Moreover, innovative Russian gunpowder creates less smoke in Comparison with the best world analogues.
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Now the manufacture of explosive mixtures of hemp and flax only starts in Russia. According to scientists, it takes more time to bring technology to perfection. Output is assumed a useful product from such raw materials will be an order of magnitude higher in compared to the cotton used by the Americans. The research institute has already been granted permission grow hemp, and only those varieties that do not contain psychoactive substances.
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