UN Series 3(d) Small-Scale Burn: Thermites

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• Corporate Creators:
  Safety Management Services, Inc. (SMS)
• Contributors:
  Gardner, Troy A
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Explosives Metals Powders Pyrotechnics Risk Assessment
• Publication/ Report Number:
  Test Report: SwRI 24178
• Series:
  Thermites
• Resource Type:
  Video
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Dept. of Transportation. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  Thermite Mix 1, UN Series 3(d), Small-Scale Burn Test 100g Samples.
  
  For many years, the properties of thermites have perplexed test laboratories and regulators; one thermite manufacturer published on their website that they had provided a sample of their thermite to a well-known and respected international test laboratory that performed the UN Test N.1 Flammable solids test on the sample, only to have the thermite pass the test criteria; it was the conclusion of the test laboratory that the thermite was non-regulated for transport. Manufacturers, testing laboratories and regulators have been struggling together with the proper characterization and classification of thermites. U.S. DOT PHMSA, taking a very rational but extremely unpopular position, began regulating thermites, since they were being manufactured with the view to producing a pyrotechnic effect, under the same classification system as explosives.
  
  
• Format:
  MPEG
• Funding:
  693JK320C000005
• Collection(s):
  PHMSA Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ba9613b134dbf851050658db773fba680993888e705aa39b3d17071cbf78cc93b9278e2b4c066071694d8c900634a50b2d2cc0a233fa4abcb384dad2b051e72f
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/74391/dot_74391_DS1.mp4
• File Type:
  [MP4 - 471.12 MB ]