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The work of the Reactive Substances and Systems division encompasses the investigation and evaluation of the physical & chemical properties of reactive liquid and solid substances and mixtures. The purpose of this work is to classify and ensure safety, in particular in production, storage and transport. Other focus topics are the estimation and assessment of safety characteristics of exothermic chemical reactions, and the addition and maintenance of data to the CHEMSAFE® database.

  • Fields of expertise

    • Assessment of dangerous goods/hazardous substances (fields in which legislation pertaining to dangerous goods and hazardous substances apply)
    • Flammable bulk materials and dusts, solid fuels
    • Explosive substances used by the chemical industry (German Explosives Act, fields in which legislation pertaining to dangerous goods and hazardous substances apply)
    • Chemical process safety
    • Information systems, CHEMSAFE®

  • Main activities

    • Flammable solids, self-heating and oxidising substances, substances that develop flammable gases when coming into contact with water, formulations containing ammonium nitrate
    • Organic peroxides, self-reactive substances, desensitized explosives, nitrocellulose products, formulations with nitrate esters
    • Advising and informing ministries, authorities, associations and industry
    • Research in the field of chemical safety engineering
    • Accident investigation
    • Ongoing development of legal regulations and standards to establish safety standards and limit industrial risks
    • Development of new testing methods and refinement of existing ones

  • Range of services/technical equipment

    • Testing methods for the categorisation/classification of hazardous substances and dangerous goods (methods according to Regulation (EC) No. 440/2008, the UN Manual of Tests and Criteria and the Hazardous Substances Ordinance)
    • Thermal analysis methods
    • Reaction calorimeter methods
    • Methods for the investigation of fires and explosions of deposited and dispersed dusts
    • Chromatographic, spectrometric and volumetric analytical methods
    • Numerical simulations

  • Publications of the division

    In the database PUBLICA you will find publications by BAM employees.

    Publications of the Reactive Substances and Systems division in PUBLICA

    PUBLICA

Dr.-Ing. Kristin Hecht, Head of Division Reactive Substances and Systems, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM)

Contact Dr.-Ing. Kristin Hecht

Head of Division 2.2

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Phone +49 30 8104-1220

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