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The Ammonium Nitrate Materials (High Nitrogen Content) Safety Regulations 2003

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2.  The material must be subjected to the test of resistance to detonation in a horizontal steel tube under the following conditions:

(a)A seamless steel tube of length: 1,000 mm at least, and nominal external diameter: 114 mm at least, and nominal wall thickness: 5 mm at least.

(b)Booster: the type and mass of the booster chosen should be such as to maximize the detonation pressure applied to the sample in order to determine its susceptibility to the transmission of detonation.

(c)Test temperature: 15-25 °C.

(d)Witness lead cylinders for detecting detonation: 50 mm diameter and 100 mm high placed at 150 mm intervals and supporting the tube horizontally.

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