UN Series 6 (a) Single Package Test: Large-Scale Mix ID #3

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Task 4: UN Series 6 Testing of Non-Exploding, Large-Scale Thermites [Large-Scale Mix ID #3]
• 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 Thermite Formulations Thermite Mixtures Thermites
• Publication/ Report Number:
  Document: SMS-6265d-R1 ; Test Video: SMS-6265d-V3
• Series:
  Thermites
• Resource Type:
  Video
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Dept. of Transportation. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  Task 4: UN Series 6 testing of non-exploding, large-scale thermites, large-scale mix ID #3. 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.
• Content Notes:
  U.S. DOT PHMSA publicly released Safety Management Services’ Thermite Research Report on April 16, 2024. The report and supporting videos are available as part of the Thermites series.
• Format:
  WMV
• Funding:
  693JK320C000005
• Collection(s):
  PHMSA Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:264f3dcf27f20b1a859e7d4d25efa0044ef6b46a5a9130cb9c97cab0bf5b0cd66c608dcaf3997d2b5c7c6959fe26bd81bcd29b4656e3ce86413a9b566d12acdf
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/74572/dot_74572_DS1.wmv
• File Type:
  [WMV - 265.83 MB ]