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IGUS :
EPP working group
Explosives, Propellants
and Pyrotechnics (EPP)
- History. Formed in
1994 upon a merger of the 'Fertilisers and Commercial
Explosives' (FCE) and 'Sensitivity & Propagation'
(S&P) working groups.
- Remit. Explosive
properties, general test methods and thermodynamic
ratings, phenomenology of explosions, safety and
regulatory aspects related to explosives, pyrotechnics
and propellants.
- Officers. Chairman:
Ed de Jong (TNO, The Netherlands); co-chairman: Shulin
Nie (MSB, Sweden).
Current ad-hoc working
group
- Classification of ammonium
nitrate based emulsions. Chairman: vacancy.
Next meeting
Previous meetings
- 2023 : Madrid, Spain.
- 2022 : Huntsville, USA.
- 2021 : online
- 2019 : Swakopmund, Namibia
- 2018 : Ottawa, Cana
- 2017 : Xi'an, China.
- 2016 : Bern, Switzerland.
- 2015 : Santiago, Chile.
- 2014 : Orebro, Sweden.
- 2013 : Oviedo, Spain.
- 2012 : Berlin, Germany.
- 2011 : Salt Lake City, USA.
- 2010 : no meeting held.
- 2009 : Osaka, Japan.
- 2008 : Newcastle, Australia
- 2007 : Verneuil-en-Halatte, France.
- 2006 : Nanjing, China.
- 2005 : Buxton, United Kingdom.
- 2004 : Ottawa, Canada.
- 2003 : Rijswijk, the Netherlands.
- 2002 : Zielonka (Warsaw), Poland.
- 2001 : Berlin, Germany.
- 2000 : Washington, USA.
- 1999 : Stockholm, Sweden.
- 1998 : Rijswijk, the
Netherlands.
- 1997 : Tsukuba, Japan.
- 1996 : Orlando, USA.
- 1995 : Tønsberg Norway.
- 1994 : Helsinki, Finland.
- 1993 : Verneuil-en-Halatte,
France.
- 1992 : Ottawa, Canada.