This webinar focuses on how thermal analysis and calorimetry techniques can be used to test, qualify, and ensure the safety and long-term stability of energetic materials specifically explosives, propellants, and their constituent components in full compliance with NATO STANAG standards.
The presentation demonstrates how Waters Materials Sciences Division (formerly TA Instruments) analytical platforms (DSC, TGA, HFC/TAM IV, DMA, and TMA) support compliance with key NATO standardisation agreements governing the characterisation of energetics and propellants, including:
• STANAG 4515 – Thermal analysis using DSC, TGA, and HFC
• STANAG 4582 – Stability testing of nitrocellulose-based propellants
• STANAG 4147 – Chemical compatibility of ammunition components with explosives
• STANAG 4525 – TMA for coefficient of thermal expansion
• STANAG 4540 – DMA and glass transition temperature determination