How does a gun shoot a bullet?

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How can something so small create such a high speed?

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When you fire a gun gunpowder is ignited. When that burns a lot of gas is created. This gas is hot. Hot gas has a lot of volume. Iirc 1 mole of gas 298K is 24.x L. This expansion pushes the bullet with a lot of speed out of the gun.

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