Impushana emnyama iyakwazi ngokuhlukile ukuthungela endaweni engenalutho, ngaphandle kwe-oxygen yasemkhathini.
Iqukethe i-potassium nitrate, ukubola kwawo kukhulula umoya-mpilo, ebese isabela ngamandla namalahle ashumekiwe nesibabule. Lokhu kusabela okunamandla kukhiqiza ukushisa okukhulu, igesi ye-nitrogen, kanye ne-carbon dioxide, ebonisa izici ezinamandla ze-powder exothermic.