National foreword

This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 13631‑14:2003.

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This British Standard, was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 July 2003

Foreword

This document EN 13631‑14:2003 has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 321 "Explosives for civil uses", the secretariat of which is held by AENOR.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by October 2003, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by October 2003.This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).

For relationship with EU Directive(s), see informative annex ZA, which is an integral part of this document.

Annex A is informative.

This European Standard is one of a series of standards on Explosives for civil uses – High explosives. The other parts of this series are:

According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

1 Scope

This European Standard specifies a method for determining the velocity of detonation of an explosive. The method is applicable to explosives for civil uses in cartridged or bulk form.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Principle

5 Apparatus

5.1

5.2 Steel tubes

5.3 Thermometer

5.4 Measuring equipment

6 Preparation of test pieces

6.1 Test piece

6.2 Assembly of the test piece and means of initiation

7 Procedure

8 Test report

BS EN 13631-14:2003

Explosives for civil uses. High explosives - Determination of velocity of detonation

Published:

31 Jul 2003

Withdrawn:

7 Oct 2025