Assessment of Explosives in Squibs

Lutz Kurth, Holger Krebs, Benjamin Theil, Olaf Mücke, Christian Lohrer Abstract: Experiments in this study reveal that the initiating capability of commonly used squibs is not high enough to initiate PETN in all cases. The fulfilment of the ‘new’ essential safety requirement 4 as set out in the European directive 2013/29/EU and the categorization of squibs …
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