Tasks 11-12: Hotwire Explosion Screening Testing of Modified Thermites: Large-Scale Mix ID's #1 and #4

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Tasks 11-12: Hotwire Explosion Screening Testing of Modified Thermites: Large-Scale Mix ID's #1 and #4

2023-08-21
By Safety Management Services, Inc. (SMS)
Series: 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 Thermite Formulations Thermite Mixtures Thermites
Publication/ Report Number:

Test Report: SMS-6265k-R1 ; Test Video: SMS-6265k-V1
Series:

Thermites
Resource Type:

Video
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Corporate Publisher:

United States. Dept. of Transportation. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Abstract:

Hotwire explosion screening for additives. 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.
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WMV
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693JK320C000005
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PHMSA Collection
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