Test Description Test Purpose The DoD has used the NOL card gap test as one of the criteria to distinguish whether an explosive material is a 1.1 or a 1.3. Instead of placing the booster right next to the sample, an attenuator is placed between the shock source and the […]
IP Series 3
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Test Description Test Purpose The BATF and DoD use cap sensitiveness to distinguish between a high and low explosive. If the material fails the #8 cap test, then the BATF requires use of the high explosion table for storage siting and the DoD identifies the material as a 1.1 material […]
Test Description Test Purpose This test is used to determine if unconfined samples, once ignited continue burning or transit to an explosion or detonation. A bed of sawdust, containing small samples of test material, is ignited and monitored. The test is “+” if explosion or detonation occurs. Materials that fail […]