UN Test N.1 Test Method for Readily Combustible Solids, Thermites

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• 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. Department of Transportation. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. Pipeline Safety Research and Development Program
• Abstract:
  UN Test N.1 Test Method for Readily Combustible Solids, Preliminary Screening. 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-512:1307ccb1e6cb3e093c86c6387f9628b0e95d7e549c2612d45a0d3ee06586ba3367c68e188bc743831b7398f3d34d2ed1d5521390de254f56a23c6be885043b95
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/74396/dot_74396_DS1.wmv
• File Type:
  [WMV - 1005.80 MB ]