SIST EN 13631-13:2025

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-december-2025
Eksplozivi za civilno uporabo - Eksplozivi za miniranje, ojačevalci in eksplozivne
snovi - 13. del: Preverjanje gostote
Explosives for civil uses - Explosives for blasting, boosters and explosive substances -
Part 13: Verification of density
Explosivstoffe für zivile Zwecke - Sprengstoffe, Verstärkungsladungen und Explosivstoffe
- Teil 13: Überprüfung der Dichte
Explosifs à usage civil - Explosifs de mine, renforçateurs, et substances explosives -
Partie 13 : Vérification de la densité
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 13631-13:2025
ICS:
71.100.30 Eksplozivi. Pirotehnika in Explosives. Pyrotechnics and
ognjemeti fireworks
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN 13631-13
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
October 2025
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 71.100.30 Supersedes EN 13631-13:2003
English Version
Explosives for civil uses - Explosives for blasting, boosters
and explosive substances - Part 13: Verification of density
Explosifs à usage civil - Explosifs de mine, Explosivstoffe für zivile Zwecke - Sprengstoffe,
renforçateurs, et substances explosives - Partie 13 : Verstärkungsladungen und Explosivstoffe - Teil 13:
Vérification de la densité Überprüfung der Dichte
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 29 September 2025.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this
European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references
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United Kingdom.
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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 5
4 Principle . 5
5 Apparatus . 5
6 Preparation of test sample . 6
6.1 Bulk explosives for blasting and explosive substances . 6
6.2 Cartridged explosives for blasting . 6
6.3 Boosters . 6
6.4 Black powder, solid gun propellants and solid rocket propellants . 6
7 Procedure . 6
7.1 General. 6
7.2 Measuring cylinder method . 6
7.3 Replacement method . 7
8 Expression of results . 8
9 Test report . 8
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the essential
requirements of Directive 2014/28/EU relating to the making available on the
market and supervision of explosives for civil uses aimed to be covered . 9
Bibliography . 10
European foreword
This document (EN 13631-13:2025) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 321
“Explosives for civil uses”, the secretariat of which is held by UNE.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by April 2026, and conflicting national standards shall be
withdrawn at the latest by April 2026.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN 13631-13:2003.
EN 13631-13:2003:
a) the document title has been changed from “Explosives for civil uses — High explosives — Part 13:
Determination of density” to “Explosives for civil uses — Explosives for blasting, boosters and
explosive substances — Part 13: Verification of density”;
b) the Scope has been revised to clarify the covered and not covered explosives;
c) the normative references have been updated;
d) the terminology entry 3.1 has been removed;
e) the Clause 4 “Principle” has been added;
f) the Clause 5 “Apparatus” has been updated and extended;
g) the Clause 6 “Preparation of test sample” has been added;
h) the Clause “Procedure” has been revised completely to provide specification regarding the
verification of the density only; the specifications of former Clause 6 have been integrated into the
procedure;
i) the Clause 8 “Expression of results” has been added;
j) the Clause “Test report” does no longer require conformity with EN ISO/IEC 17025 and the
information to be provided has been revised and enlarged;
k) the former Annex A “Range of applicability of the test method” has been removed;
l) the Annex ZA has been updated;
m) the Bibliography has been added and lists EN ISO/IEC 17025:2017.
This document has been prepared under a standardization request addressed to CEN by the European
Commission. The Standing Committee of the EFTA States subsequently approves these requests for its
Member States.
For the relationship with EU Legislation, see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this
document.
A list of all parts in the EN 13631 series, published under the general title Explosives for civil uses —
Explosives for blasting, boosters and explosive substances, can be found on the CEN website.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body.
A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland,
Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North
Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the United
Kingdom.
1 Scope
This document specifies a method for the verification of the density of explosives for blasting, boosters
and explosive substances.
This document also applies to solid gun propellants, solid rocket propellants, black powder used as
propellants, as covered by EN 13938-1:2025.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 13857-1:2025, Explosives for civil uses — Part 1: Vocabulary
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and
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