Assertion: gunpowder | /r/HasProperty | liable to deteriorate
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text: The chief defect, however, of this " slack-burnt" charcoal, or charbon roux, as it is called from its reddish-brown colour, is its property of absorbing moisture more readily than denser charcoal; the powder manufactured from it is consequently more hygroscopic, and therefore more liable to deteriorate in strength from the effects of damp than that made with a more highly burnt charcoal.