Minutes of the Explosives Safety Seminar (12th) Held at Sheraton-Peabody Hotel, Memphis, Tennessee on 25-27 August 1970

Abstract

Contents: Transportation of hazardous material; New applications of ammonium nitrate slurry explosives; Safety tests of explosives transport trucks; Containerization of explosives; Explosive classification and hazard evaluation of pyrotechnic compounds under transport, processing and storage conditions; Grounding of explosives loading and storage facilities; Automation of defuzing operations; Explosives hazard classification procedures; Hazards of plastic packaging materials, and Possible solutions to environmental pollution associated with distruction of ammunition and explosives.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0716790

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Department of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Counter IED
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programs
  • Engineers
  • Explosives
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Sodium Compounds
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.