Fall 2013 IPS Newsletter Amended

International Pyrotechnics Society President Dr. Ernst-Christian Koch Burgherrenstrasse 132, D-67661 Kaiserslautern GERMANY

eckoch@rhrk.uni-kl.de

Vice President Dr. Trevor Griffiths Bld 7H Fort Halstead Sevenoaks, Kent TN14 7BP UNITED KINGDOM ttgriffiths@qinetiq.com

Vice President

Mr. Pierre Thebault Etienne LACROIX Tous Arti-fices S.A. Route de Gaudies 09270 MAZERES FRANCE pthebault@claranet.fr

Treasurer Dr.Greg Knowlton 4458 E. Juanita Ave. Gilbert, AZ 85234-7461 USA Bus. 480-324-1775 Fax 480-324-1776

gd.knowlton@gmail.com

Secretary Dr. Shingo Date Department of Applied Chemistry National Defense Academy 1-10-20 Hashirimizu, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 239-8686 JAPAN sdate@nda.ac.jp

Archivist Mr. Rutger Webb Clearspark, LLC Glendale, CA USA rutgerwebb@gmail.com

Newsletter Fall 2013 40th International Pyrotechnics Seminar The Major International Forum for Pyrotechnics 13-18 July 2014, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA http://ipsusa.org/ips40.htm

Table of contents IPS Officers…………………………………………………………..…….1 40th International Pyrotechnics Seminar………………………………….…1 A Word from the President…………………………………………...…….2 Summary of the Revision and the Update of the IPS Constitution & Bylaws.2 39th International Pyrotechnics Seminar…………………………………….3 Meet the Dr. B. E. Douda IPS Young Scientist Award 2013 Winner – Dr. Martin Rahm !.................................................................................................….5 10th Workshop on Pyrotechnic Combustion Mechanisms….......……………6 Retrospect on ICT Conference 2013…………………………………..……7 9th High Energy Materials Workshop (HEMs)……………………...………9 2014 Conferences…………………………………………....….……….…11 40th International Pyrotechnics Seminar………………………………….…11 11th Workshop on Pyrotechnic Combustion Mechanisms….....……….……11 Announcement for the 17th International Seminar New Trends in Research of Energetic Materials (NTREM)………………………………………….…..11 45th International Annual Conference of the Fraunhofer ICT……….……...11 3rd KISHEM……………………………………………………………….11 ISEM 2014...………………….………………………...…………………..12 Keep the Community Informed………………………………………...….12 Career News of Dr. Koch, the President of the IPS………..……..………...12 Career News of Mr. Thebault, the Vice President of the IPS…………..…...12 Career News of Mr. Webb, the Archivist of the IPS…………….……..…...12 Career News of Dr. Corbel, the Dr. B. E. Douda IPS Young Scientist Award 2012 Winner…………………………………………………………….….12 Research Activities in Picatinny Arsenal……………………………………13 Latest List of Publications by Dr. Sabatini…………………………………13 TOP-5 Downloads from Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics………....…14 University of Pardubice, Faculty of Chemical Technology, Institutye of Energetic Materials……………………………………………………..….…….15 Message from Mr. Wilkinson………………………………………..……...16 IPS Website………………………………………………………..……….16 EXPAL - Corporate Member of the International Pyrotechnics Society…..……17 PyroSmart - Corporate Member of the International Pyrotechnics Society…..…17 Announcement for the 40th International Pyrotechnics Seminar……….…..18 Announcement for the 11th Workshop on Pyrotechnic Combustion Mechanisms……………………………………………………………………….21 Announcement for the 17th International Seminar New Trends in Research of Energetic Materials (NTREM)………………………………………….…..23 Announcement and Call for Papers for the 45th International Annual Conference of the Fraunhofer ICT………………………………....………..……..25 Announcement for the 5th International Symposium on Energetic Materials and their Applications (ISEM 2014)………………….……………………..27 Advertisement from PyroSmart……………………………………...…..….28 Membership Dues for the International Pyrotechnics Society…..……….….30 Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, The Official IPS Journal……………31

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A Word from the President Dear members of the Society, after much more delay than initially planned we can issue this newsletter.

At first I would like to make you aware that the IPS board has decided to propose to you an Amendment of the IPS Constitution and Bylaws. We, the IPS-board, have felt that changes were necessary in order to make the society better serve your needs. Therefore I kindly ask you to read the corresponding document “Summary of IPS-C&BL Changes” and the attached “Amended IPS Constitution and Bylaws“ carefully and to give your vote on it by email to the Secretary of the Society Dr. Shingo Date at sdate@nda.ac.jp – latest by January 16 2014.

We will announce the results of the voting to you in a newsflash ASAP. This newsletter features a couple of conference reports including the 39th International Pyrotechnics Seminar which was organised and hosted by AIDICO/Valencia in Spain. It is on this occasion that I again would like to extend my thanks to AIDICO and in particular to Mrs. Ana Barella, Mrs. Beatriz Collado and their dedicated colleagues for planning and realising a marvellous and unforgettable event. Other reports will feature the 44th Annual Conference of ICT in June and the 9th High Energy Materials Workshop in October.

The next International Pyrotechnics Seminar in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA is less than 8 month ahead. It will be the 40th Seminar and as such a big birthday for the series that started 45 years ago in Estes Park. The IPSUSA and the IPS- board of directors are eagerly preparing for it in order to make this another successful and memorable event.

Election of the new IPS-board of directors is due in Spring 2014 and every member of the society is called upon to send nominations for the 6 offices of the 7 membered IPS-Board of directors. Please send your nominations to the chair of the Nominations Committee, our past-president, Mr. Rutger Webb at rutgerwebb@gmail.com latest by December 20 2013.

Finally there are a couple of career announcements from our board members that we would like to make you aware of.

I hope you enjoy this newsletter and participate in the voting process on the amended IPS-Constitution and Bylaws.

Yours sincerely Ernst-Christian Koch

Summary of the Revision and the Update of the IPS Constitution & Bylaws The IPS Constitution and Bylaws have been revised and updated to more accurately describe the way in which the IPS currently operates. In addition, changes have been made which should improve and simplify the future operation of the Society.

The following is a list of the significant changes that have been made in the revised and updated IPS Constitution and Bylaws: 1. Sections dealing with National Departments and Local Divisions/Chapters of the Society have been eliminated.

2. The total number of terms that the IPS President, Secretary, Treasurer and Archivist can serve have been modified.

3. The Finance section has been modified to designate the IPS Treasurer or his/her co-signer as the only required signature on IPS checks.

4. The Publications section has been modified to reflect that the Society does not publish or sell IPS Seminar Proceedings or other documents.

5. The Charter Members List has been streamlined by removing state and employer information for US members and employer information for non-US members.

6. Honorary and Patron level of corporate memberships have been eliminated.

7. The contribution levels for Corporate Sustaining and Supporting Member and the corresponding benefits for both levels have been changed.

8. The Bylaws Article dealing with Local Divisions and Chapters has been eliminated.

9. The duties of the IPS Secretary and Treasurer have been slightly modified.

10. Most of the Bylaws Article dealing with appointment, confirmation and duties of committees has been eliminated. The Article has been reduced to address only the formation of “ad hoc” Committees by action of the IPS President.

11. The Bylaws Article dealing with the definition of pyrotechnics has been expanded to include definitions for energetic materials, propellants and explosives.

12. The Frank Carver Bursary Bylaws Article has been modified and updated in accordance with the current financial situation/status.

13. A new Bylaws Article has been added to describe the purpose and eligibility/requirements for the Dr. Bernard E. Douda – Young Scientist Award.

Dr. Greg Knowlton IPS Treasurer November 19, 2013 2

39th International Pyrotechnics Seminar

RECENT ADVANCES IN MILITARY PYROTECHNICS

On 26th - 31st May 2013, the 39th International Pyrotechnics Seminar took place at SH Valencia Palace Hotel in a nice warm (temperature outside went up to around 27°C every day !) and sunny Valencia, Spain.

TESTING OF PYROTECHNIC INCENDIARY COMPOSITIONS

There was a total attendance of 170 participants from 26 nations (Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, China, Finland, France, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Turkey, UK, USA) during the Seminar (Pic. 1), and it was hosted by AIDICO, Spain (Pic. 2) under the auspices of the International Pyrotechnics Society (Pic. 3). The registration fee for the Seminar, which includes the prices of leather bag, presentations data in a USB memory stick, pen & paper, wine and cheese tasting mixer, everyday lunch (including lots of tasty tapas, paella and wine!), coffee-break, old city tour, Gala Dinner and fireworks display was: for the early birds, 800 euro for non IPS members, 775 euro for IPS members and AIDICO associates, 700 euro for presenters, and 350 euro for students and unemployed people; and as for the regular attendants, 1000 euro for non IPS members, 985 euro for IPS members and AIDICO associates, 700 euro for presenters, and 450 euro for students and unemployed people.

There were 8 keynote lectures, 60 oral presentations, 16 poster presentations and 5 round table discussions (Pics. 4 and 5). The sessions except poster presentations were carried in one single room and the official language was in English throughout the Seminar except during the Fireworks Session on Friday (31st May), where some presentations were made in Spanish. There was also memorial presentation by this year’s Dr. Bernard Douda IPS Young Scientist Award recipient, Dr. Martin Rahm (University of Southern California, USA) (Pic. 6). Among many topics of keynote lectures and presentations, there were topics related to synthesis and characterization of nano scale energetic materials, tetrazoles, etc., burning characteristics of pyrotechnics and propellants, thermal decomposition characteristics of energetic materials, ignition and detonation modeling of explosives, health effects of munitions, and combustion characteristics of gas generation agents. There were also round table discussions on international and European collaborations, REACH regulations of pyrotechnics, and safety issues in onstage and outdoor fireworks.

Ernst-Christian Koch (NATO-MSIAC, Belgium)

Trevor Griffiths (QinetiQ, UK) DBX-1 (COPPER(I)-5-NITROTETRAZOLATE) REACTIONS AT SUB-MILLIMETER DIAMETERS Alexander S. Tappan (Sandia National Laboratory, USA) THE QUEST FOR THE MISSING ENERGETIC BUILDING-BLOCK Martin Rahm (University of Southern California, USA) EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY ON THERMITE MIXTURES Sebastian Knapp (Fraunhofer Institut für Chemische Technologie, Germany)

Further details of the titles of lectures and presentations could be found in 39th International Pyrotechnics Seminar Valencia 2013 program homepage: http://ipsvalencia2013.com/cms/site_0196/descargas/Full_ Detailed_Programme_of_Congress.pdf.

As for the social event, there was a wine and cheese mixer on Sunday (26th May) evening, old city tour on Wednesday (29th May) evening (Pic. 7), and Gala Dinner on Thursday (30th May) night (Pic. 8) followed by outdoor fireworks demonstration (Pic.9) in which the attendants thoroughly enjoyed.

The next Seminar will be held in 13th to 18th July, 2014 at Double Tree Inn by Hilton, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA (Pic. 10) (40th International Pyrotechnics Seminar homepage: http://www.ipsusa.org/index2.htm). For more details, please contact Ms. Linda Crouse (ips2014conference@gmail.com).

Some of many notable keynote lectures and presentations include: HIGH SPEED OH PLIF APPLIED TO SOLID PROPELLANTS Steven Son (Purdue University, USA)

Pic.1 Group photo of the participants of the 39th International Pyrotechnics Seminar（AIDICO） 3

Pic.2 Group photo with the organizing staff of the energetic 39th International Pyrotechnics Seminar

Pic.5 Round table discussion on REACH regulation, chaired by Mrs. Collado (SD)

(From left: Mrs. Ana Barella, Ms. Silvia Arrufat, Mrs. Beatriz Collado, Mrs Ellie Pearce, Dr. Shingo Date, Mr. Alfonso Cadenas.)（AIDICO）

Pic.3 Group photo of board members of the International Pyrotechnics Society after the IPSBusiness Meeting (From L to R: Mr. Rutger Webb (Archivist), Dr. Trevor Griffiths (Vice President), Dr. Ernst-Christian Koch (President), Mr. Pierre Thébault (Vice President), Shingo Date (Secretary), Dr. Gregory Knowlton (Treasurer))（AIDICO）

Pic.4 Oral presentation by Dr. Koch (SD)

Pic.6 This year’s Dr. B. E. Douda IPS Young Scientist Award was awarded to Dr. Martin Rahm (University of Southern California) ! (From L to R: Dr. Koch, Dr. Rahm, Mr. Thébault ) (SD)

Pic.7 Great to see magnificent historical buildings and statues! （SD）

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Meet the Dr. B. E. Douda IPS Young Scientist Award 2013 Winner – Dr. Martin Rahm !

1) When did you know you would like to get into explosives and why?

Pic.8 Great moments during Gala Dinner! （AIDICO）

During my PhD research at KTH in Stockholm I was fortunate to work with a project that required me to mix virtually all disciplines of chemistry, from physical, polymer, inorganic, organic, analytical and quantum chemistry. I quickly found that I loved this boundary less form of research, and the topic happened to be "green propellants". I found that the field is very fascinating because, at the R&D level, it is research at the edge of chemical stability. This taught me a lot about the limit and limitations of classical chemistry rationale.

2) What is the most important discovery/achievement in the field of energetics lately?

Pic. 9 Fireworks demonstration right after Gala Dinner was fun too!

（AIDICO）

As the transfer of discoveries into applications in this field is usually excruciatingly slow, and I am still relatively new to it, I cannot really single out any one new molecule. I would say that the increasing application of computers to accurately predict and model the behavior of systems, and particularly unknown systems, is very promising in general. The progression from trial-and-error into bottom-up and fundamental understanding is encouraging, and will lead to great breakthroughs as long as it is applied in parallel with well-conceived experimental efforts.

3) What is your research interest and why?

To make sense of chemistry! Why? Because chemical research is riddled with century old concepts and models that hinder free thought, because there are many unanswered questions, in particular in the field of chemical bonding, but most importantly because it’s fun to figure out how things work!

4) What is your vision for the field of energetics?

Pic. 10 Dr. Knowlton introducing the next venue (Colorado Springs, Colorado) during the IPS Business Meeting (SD)

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I maybe naively wish that the field could become more diversified, open, and supported to a greater extent by civilian institutions. Better integration with the greater whole of the chemical research community can only benefit progress on all fronts.

It’s of course in the nature of the beast, but the amount of double work that occurs due to secrecy, and the amount of potential knowledge and collaboration lost due to various boundaries is frustrating. Another thing worth mentioning is nurturing different generations of scientist. The young is obvious, but the older generations is also a huge resource, and I 5

hope the community will be able and willing to help bridge gaps between people with often very different sets of knowledge and experiences.

10th Workshop on Pyrotechnic Combustion Mechanisms

5) What is your favourite recent paper that you have read (not necessarily energetic paper) and why (please include a Hyperlink)

On 25h May 2013, the day before the 39th International Pyrotechnics Seminar, the 10th Workshop on Pyrotechnic Combustion Mechanisms (10th WPC), co-chaired by IPS President Dr. Ernst-Christian Koch and IPS Archivist Mr. Rutger Webb, was held at SH Valencia Palace Hotel in Valencia, Spain (Pic.1).

Too many to choose from, so I better give you two energeticsrelated papers! One is “Ultrafast Detonation of Hydrazoic Acid (HN3)”, which I think is a both technically and conceptually impressive study which suggests that a bulk material can completely decompose in only 10 ps, i.e. on the time-scale of molecular vibrations. Another very recent example is “Evolving Structural Diversity and Metallicity in Compressed Lithium Azide”, which elegantly illustrates how truly extreme conditions and structures can be reliably predicted. I think predictive theoretical modeling of high-pressure chemistry could prove one promising way forward towards revolutionary materials in many fields, including of course energetic materials.

“Ultrafast Detonation of Hydrazoic Acid (HN3)”, PRL, 109, 038301 (2012) http://web.mit.edu/~alexrod7/www/papers/ReedRodriguez 12.pdf

There was a total attendance of 46 participants from 13 nations (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, Luxemburg, Russia, Sweden, The Netherlands, Turkey, UK, USA) during the Workshop (Pic. 2). The registration fee, which includes the prices of presentations data in a USB memory stick, pen & paper, breakfast, lunch and coffee-break, was: for the early birds, 150 euro for non IPS members, 125 euro for IPS members and AIDICO associates, and 50 euro for students; and as for the regular attendants, 175 euro for non IPS members, 135 euro for IPS members and AIDICO associates, and 75 euro for students.

There were 6 informative invited presentations related to synthesis, combustion mechanism diagnosis, demilitarization, and REACH regulation, as given below. There were lots of

“Evolving Structural Diversity and Metallicity in Compressed Lithium Azide”, J. Phys. Chem. C, 117, 20838−20846 (2013) http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp405905k

energetic discussions throughout the workshop.

HIGH NITROGEN MATERIALS FOR NEAR INFRARED ILLUMINANTS Dr. Susanne Scheutzow (Ludwig Maximilian Universität, Germany) NANOCOMPOSITE THERMITES PROBING PHENOMENA AT VARIOUS LENGTH AND TIME SCALES Dr. Kyle Sullivan (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA) HIGH OXIDATION STATE IODINE OXIDE FOR BIOAGENT DESTRUCTION Prof. Karl Christe (University of Southern California, USA) NATO SUPPORT TO THE DEMILITARIZATION OF PYROTECHNICS Mr. Tom van Beneden (NATO, Luxemburg)

Dr. Rahm in action ! (Karl Christe) 6

ENERGETIC MATERIALS BASED ON AZOLE BORATES Dr. Magdalena Rusan (Ludwig Maximilian Universität, Germany) GREEN ENERGETICS – WHY GO GREEN ?

Mr. Wim de Klerk (TNO, The Netherlands)

The next workshop will be held in 12th July, 2014 at Double Tree Inn by Hilton, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA (11th Workshop on Pyrotechnic Mechanisms homepage: http://intpyro.org/workshop.aspx).

Retrospect on ICT Conference 2013 The 44th International Annual Conference of the Fraunhofer ICT on Energetic Materials was held June 25 to 28, 2013 in Karlsruhe, Germany chaired by Dipl.-Phys. Armin Kessler.

This year, the headline was “Characterization and Modeling of Ignition Process, Reaction Behavior and Performance” concerning all kinds of energetic materials. More than 230 experts of 27 nations from all over the world attended the high quality meeting. 39 oral presentations were presented in nine sessions on synthesis, ignition, insensitivity, explosives, pyrotechnics, propellants (I+II), characterization and processing. The technical program was completed by nearly 50 poster contributions.

Exemplary topics were the design of insensitive but precise igniters and detonators, scalable charges, synthesis and applications of REACH and environmental compatible EM and the use of afterburning processes in air to increase performance of blast enhanced explosives and pyrotechnics.

Pic. 1 Dr. Koch making an opening address in the beginning of the 10th Workshop on Pyrotechnic Combustion Mechanisms (SD) Oral presentation given by Jochen Neutz (Fraunhofer ICT)

Pic. 2 Group photo of the participants of the 10th Workshop on Pyrotechnic Combustion Mechanisms（International Pyrotechnics Society）

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Fruitful discussions during the poster session (Fraunhofer ICT)

IPS members may have been interested especially in following contributions:

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COMBUSTION REGIMES IN ALUMINIUM-AIR CLOUDS

COMBUSTION EFFICIENCY OF GAS-HYBRID ROCKET USING H2O and Mg-Al/TEFLON/VITON

A.L. Kuhl, K. Balakrishnan, J.B. Bell

M. Kato, T. Kuwahara

ENERGETIC REACTION OF METAL CARBIDES – EXPERIMENTS, MODELLING AND APPLICATION

COMBUSTION MECHANISM OF ADN: PART 1 K. Fujisato, H. Habu, K. Hori, H. Shibamoto, A. Miyake

V. Weiser, S. Kelzenberg, S. Knapp, A. Lity, H. Poth, A. Raab, E. Roth PRINTING TECHNOLOGIES FOR PYROTECHNIC DEVICES – A DESIGN STUDY ENGINEERED MICROSTRUCTURES OF BINARY ENERGETIC THERMITES BY ADDITIVE MICROMANUFACTURING METHODS: FABRICATION; CHARACTERIZATION AND PERFORMANCE

A. U. Weiß, M. Espig, M. Helmert, D. Weise, R.R. Baumann

K.T. Sullivan, C. Zhu, J.D. Kuntz, E.B. Duoss, A.E. Gash

MASS AND ENERGY BALANCE TECHNIQUE FOR ROCKET MOTOR IGNITER DESIGN CRITERIA WITH A HIGH FREE VOLUME

SYNTHESIS OF 3D ORDERED MACROPOROUSSTRUCTURED Fe2O3/ALNANOTHEMITEFILM WITH A POLYSTYRENE SPHERES TEMPLATE

Paisan Apinhapat, Narupan Pittayaprasertkul, Komson Prapunkarn

Wenchao Zhang, Baoqing Yin, Ruiqi Shen, Jiahai Ye, Jason A. Thomas, Yimin Chao

COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS OF MONODISPERSE TITANIUM PARTICLES FAST MOVING IN AIR

FLAME VELOCITY MEASUREMENTS OF HETEROGENEOUS MIXTURES BASED IN AMMONIUM OR UREA NITRATES

O.G. Glotov

J. Quaresma, J. Campos, J.C. Gois, M. Pineiro

THERMAL SENSITIVITY OF NANOPOROUS SILICON BASED EXPLOSIVE FORMULATIONS H.C. Bezuidenhout, S. Mukhopadhyay

COMBUSTION PROPERTIES AND MISSION SPECTROSCOPY OF CESIUM 5TRIFLUOROMETHYLTETRAZOLATE/MAGNESIUM-PYROLANTS E.-C. Koch, B, V. Weiser, E. Roth, S. Knapp, T.M. Klapötke, S. Scheutzow

EFFECTS OF HTPB-COATING ON NANO-SIZED ALUMINUM IN SOLID ROCKET PROPELLANT PERFORMANCE A. Reina, L.T. DeLuca, I. Krawiec, G. Colombo, A.B. Vorozhtsov, M.I. Lerner, N.G. Rodkevich

IGNITION AND COMBUSTION OF SYNTACTIC AND EXPANDED POLYURETHANE FOAM WITH AMMONIUM NITRATE AND SODIUM BICARBONATE ADDITIVES

NEW APPROACH FOR SIMPLE TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS OF METAL COMBUSTION S. Knapp, D. Bieroth, S. Kelzenberg, A. Raab, V. Weiser

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY ON 4f-METAL FLAMES E. Roth, S. Knapp, A. Raab, V. Weiser, E.C. Koch

INVESTIGATION OF FIXED-POSITION PYROTECHNICAL DECOYS IN REALISTIC AIR FLOW WITH AUTHENTIC IGNITION G. Billeb, L. Deimling, T. Klahn, A. Schreiber, A. Zilly

J. Marques, J. Campos, J.C. Gois, L. Duraes 8

THERMOANALYTICAL STUDY OF THE REACTION OF ZrC IN AIR

bustion characteristics of solid and liquid propellants, thermal decomposition characteristics of energetic materials, ignition

I. Dippold, V. Kuchenreuther, N. Eisenreich, J. Neutz, U. Teipel

and detonation of explosives, detection of explosives, health

The highly informative and pleasant conference was framed by a welcome reception and a tour through some selected ICT labs accompanied by a farewell BBQ including the traditional fireworks.

characterization of explosives, and combustion characteristics

Volker Weiser

9th High Energy Materials Workshop (HEMs) On 7th – 9th October 2013, the 9th High Energy Materials workshop (HEMs), which was co-chaired by Dr. Alexander S. Zharkov, Director General of JSC FR & PC ALTAI, Russia and also corresponding member of RAS, and Professor Keiichi Hori, JAXA/ISAS, and which was hosted by ISAS/JAXA, Japan, was held at Sagamihara Campus, ISAS/JAXA in Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan. There was a total attendance of 100 participants from 14 nations (France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Morocco, Russia, Serbia, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, UK, USA) during the workshop (Pic. 1). The participants enjoyed nice warm weather throughout most of the workshop (temperature outside went up to around 300 K, and cicadas were at full force even in October !)

effects of munitions, testing of pyrotechnics, synthesis and of gas generation agents.

Some of many notable keynote lectures and presentations include: ASSIMILATION OF DEFENSE-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX DEVELOPMENTS WITH MANUFACTURE OF NON-DEFENSE PRODUCTION A. S. Zharkov

CHEMISTRY AND SAFETY OF FIREWORKS M. Arai

AN APPROACH TO GREENER MUNITIONS – WHAT IS NEEDED TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT? A. S. Cumming

TOWARDS GREEN PROPELLANTS FOR THE CHEMICAL PROPULSION OF SATELLITES C. Perut

COMBUSTION BEHAVIOUR OF ALUMINIUM PARTICLES IN ADN/GAP COMPOSITE PROPELLANTS V. Weiser, L.T. De Luca, A. Franzin1, S. Fischer, V. Gettwert, S. Kelzenberg, S. Knapp, J. Neutz, A. Raab, E. Roth

Pic.1 Group photo of the participants in front of M-V rocket. (HEMs) There were 4 plenary keynote lectures, 3 invited lectures and 61 oral presentations (excluding cancelled presentations) (Pic. 2). The sessions were carried out in two rooms and the official language was in English throughout the workshop.

INFLUENCE OF COOLING CHAMBER DESIGN ON PERFORMANCE OF PYROTECHNIC COLD GAS GENERATORS J. Neutz, H. Ebeling

Among many topics of plenary keynote lectures, invited lectures and presentations, there were topics related to com9

LIDAR SYSTEM FOR THE DETECTION OF EXPLOSIVE VAPORS S. Bobrovnikov, E. Gorlov, V. Zharkov, Yu. Panchenko, G. Sakovich, A. Vorozhtsov, E. Maksimov IGNITION THRESHOLD ENERGY DETERMINATION FOR REACTIVE MATERIALS USING A PNEUMATIC IMPACT TESTING APPARATUS

As for the social events, there was a Mixer on Monday night (Pic. 4), excursions for accompanying persons on Monday (trip to Yokohama) and on Tuesday (trip to Hakone), and an excursion to watch Mt. Fuji (Pic. 5) and linear motor car testing site (Pic. 6), followed by a banquet on Wednesday evening at Ukai Toriyama, a multitude of tradition Japanese restaurants with gorgeous gardens, in a seated style, hosting 100+ participants, featuring Japanese cuisine (Pic. 7), that the participants enjoyed.

B. Kosowski, P. Martellaro, G. Knowlton

Pic.4 Participants enjoying entrĂŠes and good drinks during the Mixer !

(HEMs) Pic.2 Professor Adam Cumming (Security Science Department) giving an invited lecture (HEMs) More details of the titles of lectures and presentations could be found in HEMs program homepage (http://www.hems2013.jp/Technical%20Program%20HEMs-2013.pdf).

Other than the lectures and presentations, many participants enjoyed watching the displays of model rockets (including the latest Epsilon solid propellant rocket), satellites and asteroids inside the campus building where the workshop was held (Pic. 3).

Pic.5 Lo and behold ! Mr. Weiser making a great attempt to blow off thick clouds covering Mt. Fuji ! (SD)

Pic.3 Standing in front of miniaturized models of Epsilon rocket (white rocket behind myself) and M-3SII-2 rocket (shown on the right) with Mr. Volker Weiser (center) and Mr. Sebastian Knapp (left) (both Fraunhofer ICT) (SD)

Pic.6 Testing site of maglev linear motor vehicles in Ohtsuki, Yamanashi Prefecture (SD) 10Â

Dr. Carlos Miró-Sabaté, University of Lyon, France Dr. Jan Puszynski, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, USA Dr. Anthony Shaw, U.S. Army RDECOM-ARDEC, USA

Please refer to the announcement and call for papers on pages 21 and 22 of this newsletter, or go to the IPSUSA Seminars, Inc. website at: Pic.7 Everybody having fun and great discussions during the Japanesestyle banquet ! (HEMs)

http://ipsusa.org/ips40.htm

The next HEMs will be held next year at Ivolga, Altai Republic, Russia. Further details will be announced in due course.

17th International Seminar New Trends in Research of Energetic Materials (NTREM), Pardubice, Czech Republic, 9-11 April, 2014

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2014 Conferences The 40th International Pyrotechnics Seminar, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA 13-18 July 2014

Information: Dr. Jiří Pachmáň and Prof. Svatopluk Zeman, Institute of Energetic Materials, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, CZ-532 10 Pardubice, Czech Republic, EU Phone: (+420) 46 603 8099 or (+420) 46 603 8023, Fax: (+420) 46 603 8024

Please refer to the announcement and call for papers on pages 18 - 20 of this newsletter, or go to the IPSUSA Seminars, Inc. website at: http://ipsusa.org/ips40.htm

E-mail: svatopluk.zeman@upce.cz; seminar@ntrem.com Internet: http://www.ntrem.com Please refer to pages 23 and 24 also.

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The 11 WPC, 12 July, 2014 Tentatively planned on Saturday July 12th, 2014. Preceeding the 40th International Pyrotechnics Seminar, being planned for July 13-18, 2014, Doubletree Hotel, Colorado Springs,

ICT Conference 2014, Karlsruhe, Germany, 24-27 June, 2014 Please refer to pages 25 and 26, or go to homepage:

Colorado.

To pre-register please send an e-mail to eckoch@rhrk.unikl.de

http://www.ict.fraunhofer.de/en/conferences/conferences.ht ml

Confirmed Speakers - check frequently for updates !

3rd KISHEM, Seoul, Korea, 22-26 September, 2014

Dr. Marc Comet, Institut Saint-Louis, France

Please refer to homepage:

Mark Grubelich, Sandia National Laboratories, USA

http://test2.cheezsaurus.com/

Dr. Arno Hahma, Diehl BGT Defence, Germany 11

ISEM 2014, Fukuoka, Japan, 12-14 November, 2014

Career News of Mr. Thebault, the Vice President of IPS

Please refer to page 27, or go to homepage:

Dear All,

http://www.jes.or.jp/isem/2014/

I’m now 65 (66 in December) and, because of a severe heart attack in July 2012, I decided to decrease my workload without leaving the pyrotechnic business however.

Keep the Community Informed If you have been awarded a prize, you have been promoted, have transitioned to another job, or are taking a sabbatical year.

Whatsoever it is, please let the community know and drop us an e-mail at the following addresses: eckoch@rhrk.uni-kl.de, sdate@nda.ac.jp

rutgerwebb@gmail.com

or

So I retired on April 1st, 2013, but still have a work contract with my employer – Etienne LACROIX Tous Artifices S.A. – according which I work five days per month for him and the French Association of Manufacturers of Explosives, Pyrotechnics and Fireworks (of which I am still the President).

I also created a small company – PYROCONSULTANT S.A.R.L – which allows me to sell technical advice to which company or body that needs it and wishes to solicit my experience in pyrotechnics.

So I am still active, but at a lower rate, in the pyrotechnic business.

Career News of Dr. Koch, the President of IPS

And, indeed, I remain engaged in IPS activities.

Appointment as Senior Lecturer at Cranfield University

Pierre Thebault

The current president of the society, Dr. Ernst-Christian Koch has been appointed Senior Lecturer at Cranfield University, Shrivenham, UK. EC will assume his function in January 2014.

Prior to this appointment EC had served as Technical Specialist Officer Energetic Materials with the NATO-Munitions Safety Information Analysis Center at the NATO-HQ in Brussels Belgium.

Kind regards

Career News of Mr. Webb, the Archivist of IPS Dear IPS Members, Hereby I would like to inform you about my personal career change.

After having worked with great pleasure at TNO's Pyrotechnics lab, I have left TNO. I accepted a job offer at Clearspark as their Technical Manager. I started there on October 1st this year.

What is Clearspark? Clearspark is a small company doing research and development on pyrotechnics. We are working to develop new technology in pyrotechnics with some focus on "cleaner" fireworks. We are doing this for and together with a number of companies throughout the world.

I hope to be able to give you an update in due time.

Kind regards, Rutger Webb IPS Archivist 2012-2014

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Career News of Dr. Corbel, the Dr. B. E. Douda IPS Young Scientist Award 2012 Winner Since the 1st of July 2013, I am working in the FrenchGerman Research Institute of Saint-Louis (ISL) (www.isl.eu) in the group PCD (Shock Physics and detonics). Studies of this group are focused on energetic materials & energetic systems. The activities cover from the fabrication of raw components (explosive crystallization) to the characterization of various explosive formulations and energetic systems (optopyrotechnic fuzing systems). At the moment I’m implied in numerical modeling studies dealing with the relationship between shock sensitivity of explosive formulations and their microstructure. (JC)

Kind regards

Justine Corbel

Research Activities in Picatinny Arsenal September 5, 2013 A Boron Carbide Renaissance in Pyrotechnics Over the past three years, increasing environmental regulation has motivated US Army scientists to explore materials previously overlooked by the pyrotechnics community. In the Pyrotechnics Division at Picatinny Arsenal, chemists Anthony Shaw, Jesse Sabatini, and physical scientist Jay Poret continue to demonstrate the versatility of boron carbide in “green” pyrotechnics. Environmentally benign replacements are needed for common (but unsustainable) pyrotechnic chemicals such as barium nitrate, barium chromate, potassium perchlorate, and hexachloroethane to name just a few. The types of compositions affected span many different applications including illumination, obscuration, and time delays.

Boron carbide has been known as a pyrotechnic fuel since the 1950s, if not earlier. After scattered reports of its use in smoke compositions [1,2], it was overlooked by the pyrotechnics community until recently when Sabatini and Poret developed environmentally benign boron carbide/potassium nitrate-based green illuminants in 2010 and early 2011 [3]. Shaw, who joined the Pyrotechnics Division in late 2010, recognized the potential of this fuel for its original application—smoke.

Working with Poret, the two developed advanced boron carbide-based compositions that are now candidates for replacing the toxic hexachloroethane-based (HC) and low-performance terephthalic acid-based (TA) mixtures used in US Army white smoke grenades. Prototype “BC” white smoke grenades, containing boron carbide, potassium nitrate, potassium chloride,

and waxy burning rate modifiers provide high performance visible obscuration without the use of any toxic materials [4].

Further extending the use of boron carbide in pyrotechnics, Poret and Shaw have developed boron carbide-based gassy time delay compositions [5]. Paired with sodium periodate and PTFE, the ternary B4C/NaIO4/PTFE system is highly tunable, offering a wide range of burning times (1-20 s/cm) in small metal channels. The use of a periodate salt instead of perchlorate analogues was inspired by their colleague Jared Moretti’s recent experiments with periodates in flash/incendiary compositions [6]. The new delay system is now a candidate for use in the US Army hand-held signal.

As the recent work with boron carbide at Picatinny Arsenal shows, the field of pyrotechnics remains a viable and exciting area for future research and development.

[1] J. De Ment, Composition for Smoke Production, US Patent 2,995,526, 1961.

[2] G. A. Lane, W. A. Smith, E. M. Jankowiak, Novel Pyrotechnic Compositions for Screening Smokes, 1st International Pyrotechnics Seminar, Estes Park, CO, USA, August 12–16, 1968, p. 263–291.

[3] J. J. Sabatini, J. C. Poret, R. N. Broad, Boron Carbide as a Barium-Free Green Light Emitter and Burn-Rate Modifier in Pyrotechnics, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 4624–4626.

[4] A. P. Shaw, J. C. Poret, R. A. Gilbert Jr., J. A. Domanico, E. L. Black, Development and Performance of Boron Carbide-Based Smoke Compositions, Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics 2013, in press, DOI: 10.1002/prep.201200166 (published on the web 6-MAR-2013).

[5] J. C. Poret, A. P. Shaw, C. M. Csernica, K. D. Oyler, J. A. Vanatta, G. Chen, Versatile Boron Carbide-Based Energetic Time Delay Compositions, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2013, in press, DOI: 10.1021/sc400187h (published on the web 16-JUL-2013).

[6] J. D. Moretti, J. J. Sabatini, G. Chen, Periodate Salts as Pyrotechnic Oxidizers: Development of Barium- and Perchlorate-Free Incendiary Formulations, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 6981–6983.

Anthony Shaw

Latest List of Publications by Dr. Sabatini Please see the links below, which are the peer-reviewed publications put out within the past year: 1) J. J. Sabatini*, J. D. Moretti*, "High-Nitrogen-Based Pyrotechnics: Perchlorate-Free Red- and Green-Light Illuminants Based on 5-Aminotetrazole," Chemistry-A European Journal, DOI: 10.1002/chem.201300779. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/chem.201300779 /abstract 2) J. J. Sabatini*, J. D. Moretti, D. R. Hall, L. L. Robert, "Recover, Recycle, and Reuse: Prove-Out of Pyrotechnic Illuminants Containing Demilitarized Magnesium," ChemPlusChem, DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201300231. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cplu.201300231/ abstract 13

3) J. D. Moretti*, J. J. Sabatini*, A. P. Shaw, G. Chen, R. A. Gilbert Jr., K. D. Oyler, "Prototype Scale Development of an Environmentally Benign Yellow Smoke Hand-Held Signal Formulation Based on Solvent Yellow 33," Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2013, 1, 673-678. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/sc400073p 4) J. J. Sabatini*, J. M. Raab, R. K. Hann, C. T. Freeman, "Brighter- and Longer-Burning Barium-Free Illuminants for Military and Civilian Pyrotechnics," Zeitschrift fur Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 2013, 629, 25-30 (Note: This publication was featured on the cover of the January 2013 issue of ZAAC). http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/zaac.201200460/ abstract 5) J. D. Moretti*, J. J. Sabatini*, G. Chen. "Periodate Salts as Pyrotechnic Oxidizers: Development of Barium- and Perchlorate-Free Incendiary Formulations," Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2012, 51, 6981-6983. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.201202589/ abstract

TOP-5 Downloads from Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics The five most downloaded PEP-Articles in 2012 are displayed below with those authors names put in boldface which are members of the society. The indicated articles are accessible free of charge at the corresponding website!

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Vapour Pressure of Explosives: A Critical Review H. Östmark, S. Wallin, H. G. Ang, 37(1) 2012, 12-23 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/prep.20 1100083/abstract

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Salts of Tetrazolone - Synthesis and Properties of Insensitive Energetic Materials D. Fischer, T. M. Klapötke, J. Stierstorfer, 37(2), 156-166. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/prep.20 1100108/abstract (Free access!)

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Boron-Based High Explosives E.-C. Koch, T. M. Klapötke, 37(3), 335-344. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/prep.20 1100157/abstract (Free access!)

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Combustion of Ytterbium Metal E.-C. Koch, V. Weiser, E. Roth, S. Knapp, S. Kelzenberg, 37(1), 9-11 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/prep.20 1100141/abstract (Free access!)

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Reactive Metals in Explosives N. H. Yen, L. Y. Wang, 37(2), 143-155.

In addition to this, we also have had a patent issued in the past year: 1) J. J. Sabatini, J. C. Poret, R. N. Broad, "Green light emitting pyrotechnic compositions," 2012, US Patent 8282749. http://www.freepatentsonline.com/8282749.html Below are the press releases that have come out concerning our work in the past year: 1) L. Howes, "Greener flares better for the environment," Chemistry World, 2013. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/08/greener-flaresenvironment-5-amino-tetrazole 2) P. Ball, "Greener, cleaner fireworks?" BBC Futures Blog, 2012. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120611-greenercleaner-fireworks 3) R. D. Fields, "Green Fireworks-Environmentally Safe, That Is," Scientific American, 2012. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guestblog/2012/07/04/green-fireworksenvironmentally-safe-thatis/

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/prep.200900050/ abstract

Ernst-Christian Koch

4) C. Mainiero, "Picatinny to remove tons of toxins from lethal rounds," 2013. http://www.army.mil/article/109769/Picatinny_to_remove_t ons_of_toxins_from_lethal_rounds/ Jesse Sabatini

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University of Pardubice Faculty of Chemical Technology

INSTITUTE OF ENERGETIC MATERIALS

UNIVERSITY OF PARDUBICE Faculty of Chemical Technology INSTITUTE OF ENERGETIC MATERIALS Tel.: (00420) 46 603 8023 Fax: (00420) 46 603 8024 http://www.upce.cz In September 2013, sixty years have elapsed since the beginning of education of the chemistry and technology of explosives at the present Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice and the Institute of Energetic Materials (IEM). Since the constitution of the workplace of this Institute, 367 students have completed their M.Sc.-level studies, not only from the Czech Republic and Slovakia, but also from Afghanistan, Egypt, Yugoslavia, Hungary and – at present – also from China. In the framework of the Ph.D. study, 75 dissertation theses have been defended.

Studies in approximately the same extent as those at IEM can be undertaken in Europe at the Military University of Technology in Warsaw with the Chemical Faculty of Politechnika Warszawska, Mendeleev Chemical-Technological in cooperation with the University in Moscow, the Kazan State Technological University in Kazan, and the Sankt-Petersburg State Technological Institute in Sankt Petersburg and several other universities in Russia; partly also at the Cranfield University, Defense Academy of the United Kingdom in Shrivenham in England, and the University of Coimbra (Lab. of Energetics and Detonics) in Portugal.

At present, IEM organizes a part of education at BSc level at the Faculty of Chemical Technology as well as the education at the Mgr (Ing.) level, PhD level and license studies.

In the academic year 2012/2013, altogether 31 students are attending the above-mentioned forms of studies (one of them is a Chinese citizen). Further 190 students of the Faculty attend the education of Safety Engineering in the B.Sc. and Mgr levels.

The study branch "Theory and Technology of Explosives” is multidisciplinary. It has two sections: “Technology of Explosives” (28-42-8/01) and “Safety Engineering” (28-42-8/02), and it includes the following areas:

chemical-technological, involving the chemistry and technology of individual explosive substances (generally, energetic materials) and special analytic chemistry of explosives –

predominantly, this is special chemistry and technology of nitrogen compounds, explosive-technological, involving the technology of military and industrial explosives, technology of propellants, high explosives and initiators, technology of pyrotechnical products, but also the technology and processing or disposal of demilitarized military explosives; this area has characteristic features of technology of composite materials, the physics of explosion, consisting of the theory of explosion, theory of explosion effects, technology and safety of blasting jobs and basic information about construction of ammunition and fire arms, safety engineering, dealing with solution of risk analysis and safety of chemical technologies (technique of risk evaluation, basic concepts of risk analysis and consequences of industrial accidents); the education in this area is realized at both the B.Sc. and Mgr levels.

Successful completion of Mgr studies in the study branch “Theory and Technology of Explosives” needs good knowledge in chemistry, particularly organic and physical chemistry, physics, mathematics, chemical informatics and English language, also welcomed is the knowledge in chemical engineering, macromolecular chemistry, processing of polymers, technology of composite materials and Russian language. The entrance requirements for M.Sc. study at IEM are a successful completing of B.Sc. studies (B.Sc. state examination) at the Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT) Prague, Chemical Faculty of Technical University (VUT) Brno, FCHPT STU Bratislava, and faculties oriented towards chemistry, chemical engineering, physics or chemical physics of any European university.

The graduates from Mgr studies at IEM are engineers specialized in explosives, who are able to independently solve and/or control problems and processes in research, development, manufacturing and processing of energetic materials, who can find fulfillment also in related branches, such as blasting jobs, military and related technologies, police, safety engineering, state administration (Mining authorities etc.), and at present also NATO organs. Increased demand for graduates from IEM comes particularly from the side of mining administration, companies Austin Detonator, joint stock company, and Indet Safety Systems, joint stock company, both from Vsetín.

Into the Ph.D. studies, whose intramural form lasts four years, are accepted graduates from universities of naturalscience and technological orientation. Study plans are compiled individually, primarily according to the applicant’s orientation or according to his/her employer’s wishes. After completing this study, the graduate obtains the academic degree of “doctor”, abbreviated as Ph.D., which is written after his/her name. The Ph.D. study in English language is virtually free for citizens of other countries.

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The four-term license study (retraining and further increasing of qualification of specialists from technological practice) at IEM proceeds on the basis of Agreement about the payment for the study, which is concluded between IEM and the applicants or their employers. The price of this study for Czech or Slovak citizens is CZ crowns 60 000. So far this type of studies has been completed by more than 400 students (also from Egypt).

There are two types of this study: ♦

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“Theory and Technology of Explosives”, after completing of which the graduate attains the professional ability for realization, checking and control activities in the area of research, development, manufacturing, processing, testing, storage, transport and sale of energetic materials. These studies provide basic information from the theory, chemistry and technology of energetic materials, from the area of protection of various objects against explosions of gases, vapors or dispersions of combustible dust, about the problems of testing and special analysis of explosives, basic information about ballistics, construction of fire arms and ammunition.

“Disconnection of rocks by explosion”, which is implemented in cooperation with Czech Mining Office, and which is acknowledged as supplementary study to the requirements for qualification and professional ability of the applicants for the exam of “technical manager of blasting jobs”. The lectures are focused on the theory of explosives, effects of explosions upon the environment, means of blasting technique, technology of drilling, safety of work and legal aspects of conducting blasting jobs, technology of blasting jobs on the surface, underground destructions, blasting technique in surface and underground coal mining.

Very important are the scientific-technological activities of IEM, which are performed in close connection with the needs of government organs, industry and/or Czech Army. In the area of cooperation of IEM with foreign subjects, there are contacts with the Slovak Army, Slovak police, the Centre of Excellency of the EOD NATO in Trenčín and Imperial College London. Developing cooperation exists with the scientific-pedagogical workplaces dealing with energetic materials, particularly in Belgium, Poland, Singapore, China, and workplaces dealing with energetic materials in Croatia. Undergraduate students and fresh graduates from Ph.D. studies at IEM were on long-term scientific visits to the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and study staying, for example, in Cavendish Laboratory, in Imperial College London, in Universidade de Coimbra, etc.

Every year in April, IEM organizes international seminars “New Trends in Research of Energetic Materials”, which are attended by young scientific-research workers, university teachers and specialists from 23-27 countries (www.ntrem.com).

After 1995, the interest in studies, particularly Ph.D. studies, at IEM exceeds the space equipment of the Institute.

In this difficult situation, IEM is supported by cooperating organizations, such as Explosia Pardubice, Austin Detonator Vsetín, Forensic and expert institute of Slovak police in Bratislava, University of Defence in Brno, University of Military Technology in Warsaw, and OZM Research in Hrochův Týnec. Special help also came from Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic, namely in connec-

tion with building of special laboratories for implementation of education and scientific-research activity in the field of physics of explosion.

IEM is the main solver of two large projects of the Czech Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MŠMT) and Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic (MV ČR), and co-solver of three projects of TA ČR, two projects of the Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade (MPO ČR) and one project of the Czech Grant Agency (GA ČR). IEM also took part in solving EU projects (projects Leonardo da Vinci of Copenhagen and Maastricht priorities) in the field of increasing level and unification of education of persons working in research, manufacturing and application of explosives. At present, IEM participates, in cooperation with Royal Military Academy in Brussels and five other foreign partners, in preparation of European and NATO projects.

April 2013

Message from Mr. Wilkinson I have been a member of IPS for many years, and my interest is in Coloured smokes for military pyrotechnics.

Previously I was the product Manager for Smoke dyes from Holliday Dye and Chemicals who were the largest manufacturer of these colours and indeed produced many of the specifications for military applications.

My current employer is Keystone who supply dyes and pigments for many niche applications where I am still responsible for the Smoke dyes.

I am also the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Society of Dyers and Colourists who are an International Society and Charity which are responsible for listing all colours worldwide through the Colour Index.

If any member has a question about colours and their application I would be delighted to assist.

Stuart P Wilkinson C Col FSDC ATSC Contact: stuart.wilkinson@keystone-europe.co.uk

IPS Website The IPS website address (URL) is http://www.intpyro.org .

All IPS members have access. But you first need to send an email to rutgerwebb@gmail.com after which you will receive a standard email with some basic instructions and a unique username and (initial) password for you. The website has some specific benefits for IPS Members only; so you see a section of the website that’s not visible to the outside world. Once you have a login, check out http://intpyro.org/members.aspx Please feel free to contact us for suggestions on improvements!

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PyroSmart is a Mexican company located in North-Central Mexico that has been helping clients with manufactured goods associated with pyrotechnics and explosives since 1960.

PyroSmart developed and sells a pyrotechnic device called PYROBLAST-C, which is used for rock fragmentation in sensitive areas. This product, as well as its ignition system, the eFuse, has received several awards from the Mexican Government. Web site: www.pyroblast-c.com For additional information contact: Alejandro Mantecon Uliises Morales

alejandro.mantecon@pyroblast-c.com ulisesmorales@pyroblast-c.com

SEMINAR STEERING COMMITTEE IPSUSA Seminars, Inc. Officers

January 18, 2014 Abstracts due to Seminar Coordinator (see address on next page) Final full text manuscript is due for the Young Scientist Award consideration Registration for the Seminar continues February 15, 2014 Authors notified of paper acceptance Registration for the Seminar continues March 15, 2014 Final Announcement with list of papers Registration for the Seminar continues April 28, 2014 Manuscripts due to Seminar Coordinator for Proceedings Registration for the Seminar continues June 7, 2014 Final date for receiving discounted registration** June 13, 2014 Cutoff date for Hotel reservations July 12, 2014 11th Workshop on Pyrotechnic Combustion Mechanisms July 13‐18, 2014 40th International Pyrotechnics Seminar

** We strongly encourage completing the Seminar Registration form and making your Hotel reservation early. Payment is not required prior to arrival at the Seminar. Registration forms received

by June 7, 2014, will be accepted at the lower advance registration fee for payment at the Seminar. “Walk‐in” registrants will pay a higher fee. Your Credit card will not be billed until the date of the Seminar.

Dr. Gregory D. Knowlton – President Dr. Sara K. Pliskin – Vice President, Seminar Operations Mr. David W. Turner – Vice President, Financial Accounts Dr. David R. Dillehay – Treasurer Dr. Jesse J. Sabatini – Secretary Dr. Bernard E. Douda – President, Emeritus Mr. James L. Austing – Secretary, Emeritus

 TECHNICAL STEERING COMMITTEE Dr. Jason Brusnahan – DSTO/Australia Dr. Anton Chin – NSWC/USA Dr. Lori Groven – South Dakota School of Mines/USA Dr. Ernst‐Christian Koch – Cranfield University/United Kingdom Dr. Jared Moretti – U.S. Army RDECOM‐ ARDEC/USA Dr. Joost van Lingen – TNO/Netherlands

 INTERNATIONAL STEERING COMMITTEE Dr. Jai Prakash Agrawal – INDIA Dr. Manfred Bohn – GERMANY Ms. Beatriz Collado – SPAIN Dr. Shingo Date – JAPAN Mr. Wim DeKlerk – NETHERLANDS Dr. Trevor Griffiths – UNITED KINGDOM Prof. Dr. Ang How‐Ghee – SINGAPORE Dr. Alla Pivkina – RUSSIA Dr. Ken Smit – AUSTRALIA Mr. Pierre Thebault – FRANCE

FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT with AGENDA will be on the WEBSITE in MARCH 2014

The 11th Workshop on Pyrotechnic Combustion Mechanisms will meet at the same hotel (on Saturday, July 12th) just before the 40th IPS Seminar. There will be a separate registration and fee for the Workshop. The same Hotel Registration website applies to both the Seminar and the Workshop. This workshop is dedicated to the combustion of pyrotechnic materials.

It is the aim of this workshop to create a platform for scientists to allow for detailed exchange of information and critical discussion on the physical and chemical aspects of the combustion of pyrotechnic materials.

For more information on the 11th Workshop on Pyrotechnic Combustion Mechanisms, please go to http://www.intpyro.org/workshop.aspx. Please contact Dr. Ernst‐Christian Koch by email at eckoch@rhrk.uni‐kl.de for more information.

 FURTHER INFORMATION As information about the Seminar becomes available, it will be posted on the website at http://www.ipsusa.org/ips40.htm.

You can now access the links for the DoubleTree

by Hilton Reservations website and the 40th IPS Registration form.

Copies of proceedings from previous Seminars held in the US are available in book and CD form for sale at http://www.ipsusa.org/pubs.htm.

PYROTECHNIC

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The timetable leading to the Seminar is:

PRE-SEMINAR PYRO WORKSHOP

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THIRD ANNOUNCEMENT and CALL for ABSTRACTS/ PAPERS

40th INTERNATIONAL PYROTECHNICS SEMINAR Hosted by

IPSUSA Seminars, Inc. The Primary Forum for the International Pyrotechnics Society July 13-18, 2014

The 40th International Pyrotechnics Seminar will be held at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, on July 13‐18, 2014.

DoubleTree by Hilton, World Arena Colorado Springs, Colorado http://www.doubletreecosprings.com/

SEMINAR CO-CHAIRS Dr. Sara Pliskin of Naval Surface Warfare Center – Crane, sara.pliskin@navy.mil Dr. Jesse Sabatini of U.S. Army RDECOM‐ARDEC, jesse.j.sabatini.civ@mail.mil

HOTEL RESERVATIONS

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

To make Reservations, you may either call the Hotel’s direct number at 1‐719‐576‐8900 and ask for Reservations, or go online http://doubletree. hilton.com/en/dt/groups/personalized/C/COSP‐ DT‐NGO‐20140701/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG to receive the special Seminar rates. Make sure you reference “IPSUSA”. For Per Diem rates, go online to http://doubletree.hilton.com/ en/dt/groups/personalized/C/COSP‐DT‐GOV‐2014 0701/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG to receive the Per Diem room rates. There will be a limited number of Per Diem rooms (for Government Employees only – with a valid Government ID), so it is advised that you register early if you qualify for these. Regular room rates will be $119 for a single room or $125 for a double room.

Paid Registration also includes free internet access in your room. Once you make your reservation, you will receive a confirmation number from the hotel. It is recommended that you also schedule the Hotel Shuttle if you will be arriving at the Colorado Springs Airport and need transportation to the hotel. When you check into the Hotel, it is recommended that you schedule the Hotel Shuttle for your return to the airport.

To be considered, abstracts may be submitted for inclusion in the Seminar at any time up to January 18, 2014. Receipt of your abstract will be acknowledged by email or airmail. Authors are requested to follow the guidelines for preparation of the manuscript for publication that can be found at http://www.ipsusa.org/authorguidance. pdf.

Selection of the papers to be given at the Seminar will be made in February 2014; and a list of papers for oral and poster presentations will be posted on the website in February 2014.

ABSTRACTS Abstracts must be unclassified and, if a government has sponsored the work, must be cleared for submission by the sponsoring government. Abstracts should be no more than 500 words in length. You may indicate your preference for presentation in oral or poster session. Full manuscripts from both types of presentations without distinction will be included in the proceedings. Commercial vendors must register and are encouraged to present posters.

It is our intent to publish the Proceedings of the Seminar in book form and on CD. These will both be distributed at the Seminar. It is expected that an author will present each oral or poster paper. It is our intent not to publish manuscripts of papers, one of whose authors does not participate in the Seminar. This standard is set to encourage attendance and participation in the Seminar and to encourage the open exchange of ideas. Abstracts for poster session papers describing work in progress may be submitted at a later date. All papers will be presented and written in the English language. Furthermore, all submitted manuscripts must allow IPSUSA Seminars, Inc. to copyright their submissions in accordance to standard practice for the publication of all technical and scientific publications.

SEMINAR TOPICS Pyrotechnics, in the international context, includes all energetic materials. Subjects of interest for this Seminar include explosives, propellants, pyro‐ technics, and devices that utilize these materials, processes used to make them, and the physical and chemical principles and processes involved in their design, characterization, reaction, testing, operation and aging.  All aspects of Pyrotechnics – Military and Civilian (Fireworks)  Fuel/oxidizer Formulations  Insensitive Materials  Sensitivity and Safety

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Environmental Considerations Nano‐particles in Energetic Materials Testing Methods and Devices Manufacturing Processes; Twin‐screw Extruders, Coacervation, Co‐precipitation, etc.

Computational Methods Applied to Energetics Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) – Countering, Detection and Forensics Initiators and Initiation Regulations and Standards applicable to Energetics; STANAGs, etc.

Synthesis and Composition of Explosives and other Energetic Composites Unusual Applications of Energetic Materials

FINAL FULL TEXT MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS

Final full text manuscripts must be received by April 28, 2014. This is a firm date to permit inclusion in the printed Proceedings and CDs, which will be distributed at the Conference. Authors are requested to submit manuscripts in hardcopy and in electronic format (floppy disc, CD, or email). The email and postal address of the IPS 2014 Coordinator is given below. If possible, please use Microsoft Word (Version 6 or later) for preparing the electronic version.

All papers must be written in English. Please format the paper for printing on letter‐sized (8 ½ x 11 inches) paper, using 11 point Times New Roman font for the main text, with one inch margins on all sides, and portrait orientation. Preferably, do not include headers, footers, or page numbers, which will be added later in preparing the compilation of papers for the Proceedings. (Note: If fonts other than Times New Roman and Symbol are used, it will be helpful if the fonts are embedded in the document; for TrueType fonts with recent versions of Microsoft Word, font embedding can be found under “Tools/ Options/ Save”). Please visit http://www.ipsusa.org/authorguidance.pdf for more guidelines. When submitting the abstract or manuscript, please provide the email and full mailing address of the author to be contacted with questions.

2014 – DR. BERNARD E. DOUDA IPS – YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD One special award, the 2014 – Dr. Bernard E. Douda IPS – Young Scientist Award for Pyrotechnics Investigators is anticipated from the fund established through the International Pyrotechnics Society. The award will pay for the 40th IPS Conference and 11th Workshop on Pyrotechnics Combustion Registration fees and a 2‐year paid IPS membership. To be eligible for the award, the Applicant must be under 40 years of age at the time of the submission deadline (January 18, 2014), must not be an officer or past officer of the IPS or IPSUSA, must submit a full paper with cover letter explaining the importance of the presented work along with a curriculum vitae, and must attend and present the paper at the 40th IPS Seminar. Applicants will be notified by February 15, 2014. The point of contract for this award is Dr. Ernst‐Christian Koch (Email: ips‐2014‐award@mail.com).

 REGISTRATION and MANUSCRIPTS Registration and Manuscripts will be handled through the Seminar Coordinator: Linda Crouse IPS 2014 Coordinator P.O. Box 621074 Littleton, Colorado 80162‐1074 USA Phone: 303.601.8550  Fax: 303.904.3965 E‐mail: IPS2014Conference@gmail.com Questions about details of the logistics for registration and other arrangements may be directed to her.

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40th International Pyrotechnics Seminar July 13 - 18, 2014

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11 Workshop on Pyrotechnic Combustion Mechanisms July 12, 2014

DoubleTree Hotel, World Arena, Colorado Springs, CO, USA

IPS REGISTRATION FORM Title: _______ Name: ____________________________ Companion Name(s): _____________________ Phone: ____________________ Fax: _____________________ Email: ___________________________ Affiliation: _____________________________________________________________________________ Address: ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ City State Zip Code Nation May we include your phone number and email address on the Attendance List? q Yes q No Fill in amount for applicable fees and then total: Member Registration before June 8th *. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1100 ___________ Non-Member Registration before June 8th * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1150 ___________ Member Registration on & after June 8th * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1175 __________ Non-Member Registration on & after June 8th *. . . . . . . . . . . . $1225 ___________ Student Registration (if accompanied by paid Advisor) . . . . . $ 500 __________ Companion Tuesday all day Tour . . . . . . . . #____@ $42/person ___________ Wednesday 1/2 Day Rafting Trip . . . . . . . . . #____ @ $95/person __________ Companion Thursday Outing **. . . . . . . . . #____ @ $60/person __________ Companion Breakfasts (all 5 days) for a total of . . . . . . . . . . . . $50 ___________ Companion Lunches: Mon___ Tues___ Thu___ . . . @ $25/each day __________ .

Total remitted: $ __________ * Includes Proceedings CD (for an additional $40 you can get a copy of the bound Proceedings), Briefcase, Refreshments, Registration Social, Mixer/Picnic, Five Breakfasts, Three Lunches, Thursday Night Outing, and Friday Wine & Cheese. ** Ask about children’s rates.

My companion(s) and I plan to participate in the following activities: Registrant Companion(s) Sunday, 13 July, Registration Social ( ) ( ) Monday, 14 July, Mixer/Picnic ( ) ( ) Monday, 14 July, Lunch ( ) ( ) Tuesday, 15 July, Lunch ( ) ( ) Tuesday, 15 July, Companion Tour ( ) Wednesday, 16 July, ½ Day Rafting Trip ( ) ( ) Thursday, 17 July, Lunch ( ) ( ) Thursday, 17 July, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Dinner ( ) ( ) Friday, 18 July, Wine & Cheese Social ( ) ( )

Please return form to: Linda Crouse IPS 2014 Coordinator PO Box 621074 Littleton, CO 80162-1074 USA or Fax to: 303.904.3965

Checks must be in US dollars, payable on a US bank, made payable to 2014 IPSUSA Treasurer.

Fees may also be paid at time of arrival, but PLEASE PRE-REGISTER! ONLY VISA, MASTERCARD, AMEX, Cash, or Check will be accepted for Seminar Fees! No Purchase Orders will be accepted.

Questions? Call Linda Crouse at Phone 303.601.8550, Fax: 303.904.3965, Email: IPS2014Conference@gmail.com

11th Workshop on Pyrotechnic Combustion Mechanisms Mission The Workshop on Pyrotechnic Combustion Mechanisms (WPC) has been founded in 2004. This occurred in an effort to provide a forum for scientists and engineers working in the field to facilitate an intensified exchange of ideas on the combustion mechanisms of pyrotechnic and other energetic materials. Since then the workshop is held annually in either Europe or USA, very often adjacent to the annual pyrotechnics seminar of the International Pyrotechnics Society.

Concept The workshop typically commences around 8 am with a get-together breakfast in the conference room, offering the opportunity to register and to meet with the presenters and other participants.

Starting at 9 am the workshop features presentations of about an hour duration and sufficient time to facilitate discussion between the presenters and audience. Coffee breaks and a lunch break are held in the same room to avoid spread-out and unnecessary interruption of streams of thoughts. The workshop closes with a wrap-up session and dissemination of the presentations to the participants on a flash drive.

To get an idea about the concept access free-of charge proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Pyrotechnic Combustion Mechanisms here: http://www.intpyro.org/resources/site1/General/WPC-documents/Handouts_1st_WPC_2004.pdf

Date The upcoming 11th Workshop will be held on Saturday 12 July, 2014 at the Doubletree Hotel in Colorado Springs, CO, USA http://www.doubletreecosprings.com/

attached to the 40th International Pyrotechnics Seminar held at the same location from July 1318, 2014. http://ipsusa.org/40th_IPS_Registration_Form.pdf

Registration Please register for the workshop separately by sending an email to Ernst-Christian Koch, Cranfield University, UK: eckoch@rhrk.uni-kl.de US-Focal Point: US-Registrations & Request may also occur through Alex Tappan, Sandia National Laboratories, USA: astappa@sandia.gov

Visit our website at http://www.intpyro.org/workshop.aspx

International Advisory Committee     

S. Date, JAPAN N. Davies, UNITED KINGDOM K. Smit, AUSTRALIA A. Tappan, USA V. Weiser, GERMANY

Workshop Co-Chairs E.-C. Koch, GERMANY R. Webb, NETHERLANDS

Invited Presentations Marc COMET, Institut Saint-Louis, FRANCE Mark GRUBELICH, Sandia National Laboratories, USA Arno HAHMA, Diehl BGT Defence, GERMANY Carlos MIRÓ-SABATÉ, University of Lyon, FRANCE Jan PUSZYNSKI, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, USA -pending requests for other speakers-

Fee Early bird* IPS member: Early bird* non-IPS member: Late IPS member: Late non-IPS member: Students (< 30 years of age)

150 USD 175 USD 175 USD 200 USD 100 USD

Fee includes breakfast, lunch and coffee breaks and a flash drive with presentations. *Registration and bank transfer of payment before April 1 2014

Visit our website at http://www.intpyro.org/workshop.aspx

The First Announcement of 17TH INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ³NEW TRENDS IN RESEARCH OF ENERGETIC M ATERIALS´

which will be held at the University of Pardubice Pardubice, the Czech Republic, www.ntrem.com

April 9 - 11, 2014 and will cover

Properties of Energetic Materials ± Prediction and Reality The seventeenth consecutive Seminar on new trends in research of energetic materials is intended to be a world meeting of young people and university teachers working in the fields of teaching, research, development, processing, analyzing and application of all kinds of energetic materials. This Seminar also covers explosions in gaseous, dispersed and condensed systems. It will not only be aimed at the exchange of professional information but also to create a pleasant meeting where young specialists from different countries will have the opportunity to meet and gain personal contacts.

Papers should not only describe research work, but should also demonstrate awareness of the context and background for the Research. The papers presented at this meeting will be quoted in the Chemical Abstracts.

Official Language: The official working language will be English.

Registration Fees: Students and young researchers: free of charge Others: free of charge, voluntary donation of 100 - to help co-sponsor the seminar would be greatly appreciated.

Interested contributors are asked to send their registrations through the Web site of the Seminar by December 31st, 2013 at the latest, including the title and short abstract of their contribution. Please indicate your preference for oral or poster presentation.

The contact address for registration and further information: 3URI 6YDWRSOXN =HPDQ DQG 'U -LĜt 3DFKPiĖ Institute of Energetic Materials UNIVERSITY OF PARDUBICE CZ-532 10 Pardubice CZECH REPUBLIC, European Union Phone: 00420 46 603 8023; fax: 00420 46 603 8024 E-mail: seminar@ntrem.com

Framework program of the 17th Seminar NTREM LECTURE PROGRAM OF THE 17TH NTREM ± Wednesday April 9th 08:40 Opening of Seminar 1. Session 09:00 10:45 Lectures 10:45 - 11:10 Coffee break 11:10 12:30 Lectures 12:30-13:50 LUNCH BREAK 2. Session 14:00 15:20 Lectures 15:20 ± 15:40 Coffee break 15:40 17:40 Lectures LECTURE PROGRAM OF THE 17TH NTREM ± Thursday April 10th 3. Session 09:00 10:45 Lectures 10:45 - 11:10 Coffee break 11:10 12:30 Lectures 12:30-13:50 LUNCH BREAK 4. Session 14:00 15:00 Lectures 15:00 ± 15:20 Coffee break 15:00 ± 17:00 POSTER SESSION 18:00 - 22:00 SPECIAL PROGRAM (DW 3DUGXELFH¶V &DVWOH

LECTURE PROGRAM OF THE 17TH NTREM ± Friday April 11th 5. Session 09:00 10:45 Lectures 10:45 - 11:10 Coffee break 11:10 12:50 Lectures 12:50 CLOSING REMARKS including PRIZES AWARDING

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THE INTERNATIONAL PYROTECHNICS SOCIETY

Membership Dues for the International Pyrotechnics Society Methods of Payment: 1. Personal check, bank draft or money order in US Dollars made payable to – “International Pyrotechnics Society”. IPS dues are $ 50.00 US for 2 year membership.

2. Wire/Electronic transfer of funds in US Dollars to be deposited in Bank of America account number: 0046 5824 9468 Include Bank Identification Number (BIN): 026009593 and/or Bank Identification Code / Telecommunications(SWIFT) code: BOFAUS3N For wire transfers,in addition to the $50.00 US for dues, please include $15.00 US for US Bank fees.

Send wire transfers to the following Bank of America office: Bank of America 2170 South Power Road Mesa, Arizona 85208 USA 3. Credit card (Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover): Contact Dr. Dave Dillehay and provide credit card information Dr. Dave Dillehay 107 Ashwood Terrace Marshall, Texas 75672 USA Phone: 903-935-1002 FAX: 903-935-9422 E-mail: dillehay@cobridge.tv Please send checks, bank drafts & money orders along with contact information(e-mail address) to Dr. Greg Knowlton (IPS Treasurer). Direct any questions regarding the above means of IPS dues payment to Dr. Knowlton as well.

Dr. Greg Knowlton 4458 E. Juanita Ave. Gilbert, Arizona 85234

E-mail: gd.knowlton@gmail.com Phone: 480-324-1775 FAX: 480-324-1776

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