ÖNORM EN 14035-9

This document specifies requirements for the construction, performance, primary packaging and labelling of crackling granules fireworks and the corresponding test methods. It is applicable to fireworks which are classified as crackling granules in categories 1 and 2 in EN 14035-2. It is not applicable to crackling granules fireworks containing pyrotechnic composition which 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 in mass fraction of sulphuric acid, greater than 0,002 %; zirconium with a particle size of less than 40 um. NOTE In EN 14035-2, crackling granules are classified as follows: brief description: bag, or other container, enclosing small granules of pyrotechnic composition; principal effect: crackling. Schemes for type testing of crackling granules fireworks and batch testing of crackling granules fireworks are specified in A and B respectively.