380AFMAN 24-204(I)/TM 38-250/NAVSUP PUB 505/MCO P4030.19H/ DLAI 4145.311 DECEMBER 2001- HexanitrostilbeneA27.18.7. Ammonium Picrate, Picric Acid, Urea Nitrate, Trinitrobenzene, Trinitroresorcinol, Trinitrotoluene,Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine, Cyclotetra-methylenetetranitramine, Pentaerythrite Tetranitrate (desensitized), orTrinitrobenzoic Acid when wet with not less than 10 pounds of water to each 90 pounds of dry material must beshipped in containers to comply with the following specifications:A27.18.7.1. Metal barrels or drums, DOT 5B, or fiber drums, DOT 2C. Authorized only forCyclotrimethylenetrinitramine or Cyclotetra-methylenetetrainitramine, wet with not less than 10 pounds of water toeach 90 pounds of dry material in inside containers which must be bags made of at least 10-ounce cotton duckrubber or rubberized cloth, and securely closed. The dry weight of Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine or Cyclotetra-methylenetetranitramine in one metal barrel or drum must not be more than 300 pounds and not more than 225pounds in fiber drums. These bags containing the Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine or Cyclotetra-methylenetetranitramine each must then be placed in a rubber bag, rubberized cloth bag, or bag made of suitablewatertight material that must be securely closed and then placed in the drum. If shipment ofcyclotrimethylenetrinitramine is to take place at a time freezing weather is anticipated, it must be wet with a mixtureof denatured ethyl alcohol or other suitable antifreeze and water of such proportions that freezing will not occur intransit.A27.18.7.2. Fiber drum, DOT 21C, with inside polyethylene bag having 0.004 inch minimum thickness and liquidtight closure. Net weight must not be over 200 pounds. Authorized only for wet desensitized PentaerythriteTetranitrate.A27.18.8. Amatol when cast or compressed in a solid block or column, in addition to containers prescribed inA26.18.5 may be shipped in metal drums, DOT 13A, not over 90 pounds gross weight.A27.18.9. Pack nitrocellulose in wooden boxes complying with DOT 14, 15A, 16A, or 19B, with inside packagesthat must be:- Wrapped in strong paraffined paper or suitable sparkproof material, when containing not more than 1 poundeach of dry, uncompressed nitrocellulose. Completed outside package must not contain more than 10 poundsof dry nitrocellulose.- Wrapped in strong paraffined paper when containing compressed sticks or blocks of dry nitrocellulose. Grossweight must not be over 75 pounds.A27.18.10. Shaped charges, commercial, having exposed lined conical cavities that are covered will be pairedtogether with the cavities facing each other and with one or more pairs in a fiber tube, or so arranged that the conicalcavities of the shaped charges at the ends of the column face toward the center of the tube. The shaped charges inthe fiber tubes must fit snugly with no excess space in the outside containers. Shaped charges, commercial, must bepacked in specification containers as follows:A27.18.10.1. Wooden boxes, DOT 14, 15A, 16A, or 19B; gross weight must not be over 140 pounds.A27.18.10.2. Fiberboard boxes, DOT 12H, 23F, or 23H; gross weight must not be over 65 pounds.A27.18.10.3. Fiberboard boxes, DOT 12B; at least 275 pounds test double-wall corrugated fiberboard, with double-faced corrugated lining board having minimum test of 200 pounds. Individual charges of explosives must be packedin inside securely closed, waterproof plastic containers, or in securely closed waterproof container having metalends. Inside individual containers must be separated by means of double-faced corrugated fiberboard partitions ofmaterial not less than 175 pounds (Mullen or Cady). Gross weight must not be over 65 pounds.A27.18.10.4. Specially designed Navy steel cylindrical containers possessing a shock mitigation system. One eachcharge, to a container: four containers properly strapped or banded to a pallet.A27.18.11. Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (RDX) (desensitized) in pellet form, dry may also be packed inspecification containers as follows:A27.18.11.1. Wooden box, DOT 15A or 19B, for pellets ¼ of an inch or less in diameter. Pellets must be packed ina slide-type fiber container with perforated fillers. All openings of the container must be securely closed withpressure-sensitive tape. Inside containers must be cushioned with at least 2 inches of sawdust between inner andouter containers. No inside container may contain more than ½ pound net weight of explosive composition, and notmore than 10 pounds of net weight explosive composition must be packed in one outside box.A27.18.11.2. Wooden box, DOT 15A or 19B, for pellets exceeding ¼ inch in diameter. Pellets must be packed in afiber tube with positive closures at both ends, and must be packed in a fiber container having not more than ½ poundnet weight of explosive composition. Inside containers must be cushioned with at least 2 inches of sawdust betweeninner and outer containers. Not more than 10 pounds of net weight of explosive composition must be packed in oneoutside container.
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