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IMDG Code
IMDG Code
Abbreviation for “International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code”. It
contains the regulations for the transport of dangerous goods by
ocean-going ships, inter alia about their classification, packaging and
stowing.
IMO
Abbreviation for International Maritime Organization, London, with the
International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG Code) contains texts
of international conventions on classification, compatibility, packing,
storage, etc. during transportation by sea; explosives and primers
belong to class 1 of the code.
IME: Institute of Makers of Explosives
A non-profit trade association representing leading U.S. producers of
commercial explosive materials and dedicated to safety in the manufacture,
transportation, storage, and use of explosive materials.
Immobilization
Festlegung; immobilisation
Method of fixing propellant grain in definite position relative to generator
case.
Impact Sensitivity
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Schlagempfindlichkeit; sensitiveness to impact, sensibilité à l’impact
The sensitiveness to impact of solid, liquid, or gelatinous explosives is
tested by the fallhammer method. Samples of the explosives are
subjected to the action of falling weights of different sizes. The parameter
to be determined is the height of fall at which a sufficient amount
of impact energy is transmitted to the sample for it to decompose or to
explode.
The US standard procedures are:
(a) Impact sensitivity test for solids: a sample (approximately 0.02 g)
of explosive is subjected to the action of a falling weight, usually 2 kg.
A 20-milligram sample of explosive is always used in the Bureau of
Mines (BM) apparatus when testing solid explosives. The weight of the
sample used in the Picatinny Arsenal (PA) apparatus is indicated in