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IGUS :
EOS working group
Energetic and Oxidising
Substances (EOS)
- History. Formed in
1990 upon a merger of the 'Organic Peroxides' (OP) and
'Nitrocellulose and other Hazardous Substances' (NC)
working groups.
- Remit. Test methods,
classification and safety aspects related to organic
peroxides, self-reactive substances and other energetic
substances, fertilisers, ammonium nitrate and oxidisers.
Process hazards, particularly in relation to manufacture
of energetic substances. Incidents involving energetic
substances.
- Officers. Chairman:
Wim Mak (TNO, The Netherlands); co-chairman: Marcus Malow
(BAM, Germany).
Current ad-hoc working
groups
- Testing of solid oxidisers.
Chair: vacancy.
- Classification of energetic
substances. Chair: Dr. J. Horn (Consilab, Germany).
- Classification of AN based
fertilizers. Chair: Dr. L. van Dam (MSB, Sweden).
- SADT/SAPT. Chair: Dr. M.
Gödde (BASF, Germany).
- Burning rate test for organic
peroxides. Not active.
- Emergency relief venting of
organic peroxides and reactive substances. Not active.
Next meeting
- 2025 : to be decided, France.
Previous meetings
- 2024 : Manchester, United
Kingdom.
- 2023 : Washington DC, USA.
- 2022 : Stockholm, Sweden.
- 2021 : online.
- 2019 : Brussels, Belgium.
- 2018 : Shanghai, China.
- 2017 : Rijswijk, The
Netherlands.
- 2016 : Basel, Switzerland.
- 2015 : Ottawa, Canada.
- 2014 : Nanjing, China.
- 2013 : Verneuil-en-Halatte,
France.
- 2012 : Berlin, Germany.
- 2011 : Washington, USA.
- 2010 : Tokyo, Japan.
- 2009 : St. Petersburg, Russia.
- 2008 : Stockholm, Sweden.
- 2007 : Rijswijk, the Netherlands.
- 2006 : Washington, USA.
- 2005 : Buxton, United Kingdom.
- 2004 : Tsukuba, Japan.
- 2003 : Frankfurt, Germany.
- 2002 : Verneuil-en-Halatte, France.
- 2001 : Washington, USA.
- 2000 : Tsukuba, Japan (ad
hoc).
- 2000 : Buxton, United
Kingdom.
- 1999 : Stockholm, Sweden.
- 1998 : Tokyo, Japan.
- 1997 : Socorro, USA.
- 1996 : Berlin, Germany.
- 1995 : Rijswijk, the
Netherlands.
- 1994 : Boston, USA.
- 1993 : Verneuil-en-Halatte,
France.
- 1992 : Buxton, United
Kingdom.
- 1991 : Berlin, Germany.
- 1990 : Rijswijk, the
Netherlands.