• oce 🐆OP
    link
    fedilink
    English
    164 months ago

    Slower than sound speed, faster than sound speed.

      • @Big_Boss_77
        link
        English
        14 months ago

        Subsonic is blue and supersonic is gold then?

      • oce 🐆OP
        link
        fedilink
        English
        104 months ago

        The combustion of gun powder is slower than sound speed, it doesn’t mean the bullet cannot be though.

      • @[email protected]
        link
        fedilink
        English
        84 months ago

        loose gunpowder* but yes, gunpowder actually burns very slowly. in fact, we have designed gunpowder to burn slower than old blackpowder from the musket days. it’s the containment and pressure that makes it work in a gun. but it’s also why it’s not uncommon to actually shoot some amount of unburned powder from many guns. a thing that was difficult to know or prove before high speed cameras.