SIST EN 13938-4:2025

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-december-2025
Eksplozivi za civilno uporabo - Pogonska (smodniki) in raketna goriva - 4. del:
Ugotavljanje hitrosti gorenja trdnih pogonskih sredstev za topove in črnega prahu
Explosives for civil uses - Propellants and rocket propellants - Part 4: Determination of
the burning rate of solid gun propellants and black powder
Explosivstoffe für zivile Zwecke - Treibladungspulver und Raketentreibstoffe - Teil 4:
Bestimmung der Brenngeschwindigkeit bei Umgebungsbedingungen
Explosifs à usage civil - Poudres propulsives et propergols pour propulseurs - Partie 4 :
Détermination de la vitesse de combustion des poudres pour armes et de la poudre noire
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 13938-4:2025
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 13938-4
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
October 2025
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 71.100.30 Supersedes EN 13938-4:2003
English Version
Explosives for civil uses - Propellants and rocket
propellants - Part 4: Determination of the burning rate of
solid gun propellants and black powder
Explosifs à usage civil - Poudres propulsives et Explosivstoffe für zivile Zwecke - Treibladungspulver
propergols pour propulseurs - Partie 4 : Détermination und Raketentreibstoffe - Teil 4: Bestimmung der
de la vitesse de combustion des poudres pour armes et Brenngeschwindigkeit bei Umgebungsbedingungen
de la poudre noire
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
concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN
member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by
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Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and
United Kingdom.
EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION
COMITÉ EUROPÉEN DE NORMALISATION

EUROPÄISCHES KOMITEE FÜR NORMUNG

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© 2025 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. EN 13938-4:2025 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.

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
7 Procedure . 7
7.1 Testing . 7
7.2 Calculation . 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 13938-4:2025) 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 13938-4:2003.
a) the document title has been changed from “Part 4: Determination of burning rate under ambient
conditions” to “Part 4: Determination of the burning rate of solid gun propellants and black powder”;
b) the Scope it has been revised so that the test method is no longer limited to a particle size ≤ 8 mm;
c) the normative references have been updated;
d) the terminology entry 3.1 has been removed;
e) the Clause 4 “Principle” has been revised;
f) the Clause 5 “Apparatus” has been revised and as means of ignition an open flame, a hot wire or a
safety fuse is now specified;
g) the Clause 6 “Preparation of test sample” now contains the specification of the volume of the test
sample needed;
h) the Clause 7 “Procedure” has been revised and now contains two subclauses, “Testing” and
“Calculation”, the latter one containing the specification of that moved here from Clause 8
i) the Clause 8 “Expression of results” has been revised;
j) the Clause “Test report” does no longer require conformity with EN ISO/IEC 17025 and the
information to be provided has been revised in accordance with the revised procedure;
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 13938 series, published under the general title Explosives for civil uses —
Propellants and rocket propellants, 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 determination of
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