UN Series 6(d) Unconfined Single Package, Thermites

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  Safety Management Services, Inc. (SMS)
• 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 Mixes, UN Series 6(d) Unconfirmed Single Package Test, Test Setup (Representative) (Test Report: SwRI 24178}. 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:
  WMV
• Funding:
  693JK320C000005
• Collection(s):
  PHMSA Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3a13066c963f6ed36be80d996e2aa4bec0bb6c303d47a13f26bc7ae5becd152c1a212b6c6b5316c7c7bdcaafc673bcd1908d90f510a0c3e48f93b41a96343c1b
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/74392/dot_74392_DS1.wmv
• File Type:
  [WMV - 516.40 MB ]