KnowraSmokeless powderLinked fromLinked fromThe 12 pages that link to Smokeless powder, each with the reason it gives.All 12Broader topic 2Related 5Compared with 5GunpowderCompared with: It largely replaced gunpowder in firearms because it produces less smoke and more gas per mass.Black powderCompared with: It replaced black powder in most modern firearms because it produces less residue and more gas per unit mass.DynamiteCompared with: Smokeless powder propels projectiles by controlled burning rather than serving as dynamite-like blasting charge.Mercury(II) fulminateCompared with: Primer compounds such as mercury fulminate ignited this propellant but were not the propellant itself.History of gunpowderCompared with: Its late-19th-century adoption displaced black powder in most firearms and artillery.