Which limitation inhibited early European adaptation of Chinese gunpowder artillery?

💡 Explanation

Substandard metallurgy reduced cannon durability; the **material failure** mechanism resulted in frequent barrel bursts, therefore early European cannons were unreliable, rather than gunpowder inconsistencies limiting adaptation as was commonly supposed.

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