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Given Aluminum 6061-T6 as the material, which typically has a tensile yield strength of approximately 276 MPA (this analysis neglects the internal temperature of the piston due to the gas produced by the combustion of black powder. A transient thermal spike could degrade material properties when the piston is pressurizing, but we assume that the magnitude of energy released is negligible compared to the thermal mass of the aluminum).

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