EXTEST international study group for the Standardization of the Methods of Testing Explosives. (Formerly European commission for the standardization of the tests of explosives). Official report on the 8th meeting, EXTEST 78, held at Tatrânska Lomnica, Czechoslovakia, October 2–7, 1978

✍ Scribed by P. A. Persson

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1980
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 645 KB
• Volume: 5
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0721-3115
• DOI: 10.1002/prep.19800050202

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The present issue of “Propellants and Explosives” contains the Secretary's official report of the meeting, the individual Session and Working Group reports written by the session Chairmen, and the full texts of the technical papers presented and accepted for publication.

The meeting discussed the following topics:

deflagration and transition from deflagration to detonation

initiation and stability of detonation of slurry and watergel explosives

sensitivity of slurry and watergel explosives

the underwater explosion test

testing of blasting fumes

test detonators

Steps towards standardization were taken in the field of deflagration and underwater explosion testing. There was also an exchange of views from different countries on the subject of methods of testing permissible explosives.