Performance-oriented packaging testing of container, shipping and storage, wooden mk 697 mod 0 for packing group ii solid hazardous materials. Final report

Technical Report · Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:5257753

Dwyer, J M

Qualification tests were performed to determine whether the in-service Mk 697 Mod 0 Wooden Shipping and Storage Container could be utilized to contain properly dunnaged solid type hazardous materials weighing up to a gross weight of 143 kg (316 pounds). The tests were conducted in accordance with Performance Oriented Packaging (POP) requirements specified by the United Nations Recommendations on the Transportation of Dangerous Goods, ST/SG/AC.10/1 and the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 49 CFR, Parts 107 through 178. The container has conformed to the POP performance requirements; i.e., the container successfully retained its contents throughout the specified tests.

• Research Organization: Naval Weapons Station, Colts Neck, NJ (United States)
• OSTI ID: 5257753
• Report Number(s): AD-A-248588/6/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
CONTAINERS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
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TRANSPORT
REGULATIONS
SOLIDS
WEIGHT
WOOD
MATERIALS
TESTING
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