Sansand
With a flash, the match touches the fine black powder. In an instant a small pillar of flame consumes it, filling the air with smoke and a sulphurous stench.
Properties
Material Characteristics
A fine black-grey powder that seems to absorb the light. It is sand-like in feel, a dry almost-liquid feel were you to run it through your fingers.
Physical & Chemical Properties
Exceptionally flammable and slightly warm to the touch.
Life & Expiration
Stored in an airtight barrel, it's estimated to remain functional for a decade
History & Usage
Discovery
Invented by the Raelgar Mage Elza Donatori. She has since gone on to impress the citizens of Sunken Akun with her ingenuity in the application of this new substance.
Everyday use
Predominantly used in explosives and firearms, it has also seen used for entertainment as a key ingredient in Firetail (Fireworks) displays.
Industrial Use
Its possible applications in the mining industry are currently being explored.
Byproducts & Sideproducts
Black Devilspit
Hazards
Exceptionally prone to spontaneous combustion. An attractive target for rogue mephits.
Distribution
Trade & Market
Exclusively produced and sold by the Divinello House of Alchemical Refinements under private contract with the Raelgar Mage.
Storage
Sansand is best stored in airtight, iron-bound barrels in a cold and dry environment.
Law & Regulation
None as of yet.
Type
Composite
Value
15gp/lbs
Rarity
Exceptional
Odor
Like sulphur, but with an underlying musty smell of earthy spice.
Taste
Akin to eating half-cooked putrified eggs.
Color
A deep deep black.
Density
1.8g/cm3
Common State
A course powder of irregularly sized grains.
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