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BS EN 14035-5:2006
Fireworks. Batteries and combinations. Specification and test methods (British Standard)
This European Standard specifies requirements for the construction, performance, primary packaging and labelling of batteries and combinations and the corresponding test methods. It is applicable to fireworks which are classified as batteries and combinations in categories 2 and 3 according to EN 14035-2. It is applicable to category 2 batteries and combinations containing elements, each corresponding to a type of fireworks listed in EN 14035-2 and which conform to the relevant requirements of categories 1 and 2. It is applicable to category 3 batteries and combinations containing elements, each corresponding to a type fireworks listed in EN 14035-2 and which conform to the relevant requirements of categories 1, 2 and 3. It is not applicable to banger batteries and flash banger batteries, which are specified in EN 14035-4 and EN 14035-12 respectively. NOTE 1 The elements (types of firework) that can be included in a battery or combination are specified in Clause 4. It is not applicable to batteries and combinations containing pyrotechnic composition that includes any of the following substances: - arsenic or arsenic compounds; - mixtures containing a mass fraction of chlorates greater than 80 %; - mixtures of chlorates with metals; - mixtures of chlorates with red phosphorus; - mixtures of chlorates with potassium hexacyanoferrate(II); - mixtures of chlorates with sulfur; - mixtures of chlorates with sulfides; - lead or lead compounds; - mercury compounds; - white phosphorus; - picrates or picric acid; - potassium chlorate with a mass fraction of bromates greater than 0,15 %; - sulfur with an acidity, expressed as mass fraction of sulfuric acid, greater than 0,002 %; - zirconium with a particle size of less than 40 mm. NOTE 2 In EN 14035-2, batteries and combinations are classified as follows: - brief description: - battery: assembly including several elements, each of the same type and corresponding to one of the types of firework listed in
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