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Updation of SCOMET list [Appendix 3 to Schedule 2 of ITC (HS) Classification of Export & Import Items].
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....ries there under, the following shall be substituted as follows: " Category 0 Nuclear materials, nuclear-related other materials, equipment and technology Note: Export of these items is regulated under the Atomic Energy Act, 1962 and rules framed, and notifications/orders issued there under from time-to-time by the Department of Atomic Energy. The licensing authority for items in this category is the Department of Atomic Energy. An application for licence to export shall be made in writing to the Joint Secretary (I&M), Department of Atomic Energy, Anushakti Bhavan, CSM Marg, Mumbai 400 001 0A PRESCRIBED SUBSTANCES Note: Any radioactive material in Category 0A shall additionally attract the provisions of Radiation Protection Rules, 2004 made under the Atomic Energy Act, 1962 and the provisions of Section-16 of the Atomic Energy Act, 1962. 0A1 Source Material 0A101 Uranium containing the mixture of isotopes occurring in nature. 0A102 Uranium depleted in the isotope 235. 0A103 Thorium. 0A104 Any of the materials specified above in 0A101, 0A102, or 0A103 in the form of metal, alloy, chemical compound, or concentrate. 0A105 Any other material containing one or more of the for....
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....riod of one calendar year; b. for use in a non-nuclear activity in quantities exceeding 200 kilograms of deuterium atoms, for any one recipient country within a period of one calendar year. 0A302 Nuclear grade graphite Nuclear grade graphite having a purity level better than 5 parts per million (ppm) boron equivalent and with a density greater than 1.5 gram/cc - a. for use in a nuclear reactor or any other nuclear activities in quantities exceeding 1 kilogram; b. for use in non-nuclear activities in quantities exceeding 30 metric tons for any one recipient country within a period of one calendar year. Note: The item 0A302 does not cover graphite powder. 0A303 Zirconium with hafnium content of less than 1 part to 500 parts of zirconium by weight (i.e. less than 2000 ppm) in the form of metal, alloys containing more than 50% zirconium by weight, compounds, manufactures thereof, waste or scrap of any of the foregoing. 0A304 Beryllium metal, its compounds, alloys containing more than 50% beryllium by weight, manufactures thereof, and waste or scrap of any of the foregoing and its minerals / concentrates including beryl but excluding: a. beryllium windows used for x-ray ma....
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....ium-209 Polonium-210 Polonium-208 Radium-223 Thorium-228 Thorium-227 Uranium-230 230 Uranium-232 0B Prescribed Equipment 0B001 Nuclear Reactors; associated equipment, components, and systems especially designed, prepared, or adapted or used or intended to be used in such reactors including but not limited to:- a. Complete nuclear reactors b. Nuclear reactor vessels c. Nuclear reactor fuel charging and discharging machines d. Nuclear reactor control rods and equipment e. Nuclear reactor pressure tubes f. Nuclear fuel cladding: Zirconium metal tubes or zirconium alloy tubes (or assemblies of tubes), in which hafnium to zirconium ratio is 1:500 or less, for use as nuclear fuel cladding g. Primary coolant pumps or circulators h. Nuclear reactor internals i. Heat exchangers (steam generators) for use in the primary or intermediate coolant circuit of a nuclear reactor j. Neutron detectors k. External thermal shields. 0B002 Plants for processing, production, concentration, conversion or recovery of Prescribed Substances (such as uranium, plutonium, thorium, deuterium, heavy water, tritium, lithium); associated equipment, components and systems especially de....
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..... systems for the conversion of plutonium nitrate to oxide 2. systems for plutonium metal production d. Tritium facilities or plants for the production, recovery, extraction, concentration or handling of tritium and equipment therefor including hydrogen or helium refrigeration units; and hydrogen isotope storage or purification systems using metal hydrides as the storage or purification medium. e. Lithium isotope separation facilities or plants, and systems and equipment therefor as follows - 1. Facilities or plants for the separation of lithium isotopes; 2. Equipment for the separation of lithium isotopes based on the lithiummercury amalgam process, as follows: a) Packed liquid-liquid exchange columns especially designed for lithium amalgams; b) Mercury or lithium amalgam pumps; c) Lithium amalgam electrolysis cells; d) Evaporators for concentrated lithium hydroxide solution; 3. Ion exchange systems especially designed for lithium isotope separation, and especially designed component parts therefor; 4. Chemical exchange systems (employing crown ethers, cryptands, or lariat ethers) especially designed for lithium isotope separation, and especially designed compo....
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....d end caps, as described in 0B005.a.5 and 0B005.a.6. 3. Rotor tube cylinders: Especially designed or prepared thin-walled cylinders with thickness of 12 mm or less, a diameter of between 75 mm and 650 mm, and manufactured from one or more of 'high strength-to-density ratio materials' described in the Note-1 in 0B005.a; 4. Rings or bellows: Rings or bellows with wall thickness of 3 mm or less and a diameter of between 75 mm and 650 mm especially designed to give local support to a rotor tube or to join together a number of rotor tubes, made from 'high strength-to-density ratio materials' described in the Note-1 in 0B005.a. 5. Baffles: Disc-shaped components of between 75 mm and 650 mm diameter especially designed or prepared for mounting inside a rotor tube, in order to isolate the take-off chamber from the main separation chamber and manufactured from 'high strength-to-density ratio materials' described in the Note-1 in 0B005.a. 6. Top or bottom caps: Especially designed or prepared disc-shaped components of between 75 mm and 400 mm diameter especially designed or prepared to fit the ends of a rotor tube, and so contain the UF6 within the rotor tube, and in some cases to su....
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....be assembly of a gas centrifuge consisting of rigid cylinder of wall thickness up to 30 mm with precision machined ends that are parallel to each other and perpendicular to the cylinder's longitudinal axis to within 0,05 degrees or less. 12. Scoops consisting of tubes for the extraction of UF6 gas from within the rotor tube by a Pitot tube action and capable of being fixed to the central gas extraction system. Note 1: The high strength-to-density ratio materials used for centrifuge rotating components include the following: (a) Maraging steel capable of an ultimate tensile strength of 1.95 GPa or more; (b) Aluminium alloys capable of an ultimate tensile strength of 0.46 GPa or more; (c) Filamentary materials suitable for use in composite structures and having a specific modulus of 3.18 X 106 m or greater and a specific ultimate tensile strength of 7.62 X 104 m or greater. Note 2: 'Specific Modulus' is the Young's Modulus in N/m2 divided by the specific weight in N/m3; 'Specific Ultimate Tensile Strength' is the ultimate tensile strength in N/m2 divided by the specific weight in N/ m3. b. Especially designed or prepared auxiliary systems, equipment....
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....ote-3 in 0B005) / carrier gas (hydrogen or helium) mixture; 4. Especially designed or prepared separation element housings made of or protected by materials resistant to corrosion by UF6 described in the Note-3 in 0B005, for containing vortex tubes or separation nozzles; 5. Especially designed or prepared header-piping systems, made of or protected by materials resistant to corrosion by UF6 described in the Note-3 in 0B005, for handling UF6 within the aerodynamic cascades; 6. UF6/carrier gas separation systems for separating UF6 from carrier gas (hydrogen or helium). f. Especially designed or prepared systems, equipment and components for use in chemical exchange or ion exchange enrichment plants. 1. Countercurrent Liquid-liquid exchange columns (Chemical exchange), having mechanical power input, especially designed or prepared for uranium enrichment using the chemical exchange process. For corrosion resistance to concentrated hydrochloric acid solutions, these columns and their internals are normally made of or protected by materials resistant to corrosion by concentrated hydrochloric acid solutions. The stage residence time of the columns is normally designed to be 30 se....
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....tails' collector assemblies (atomic vapour based methods) 4. Separator module housings (atomic vapour based methods) 5. Supersonic expansion nozzles (molecular based methods) 6. 'Product' or 'tails' collectors (molecular based methods) 7. UF6/carrier gas compressors (molecular based methods) 8. Rotary shaft seals (molecular based methods) 9. Fluorination systems (molecular based methods) 10. UF6/carrier gas separation systems (molecular based methods) 11. 'Lasers' or 'laser systems or components' for the separation of uranium isotopes. h. Especially designed or prepared systems, equipment and components for use in plasma separation enrichment plants 1. Microwave power sources and antennae: Especially designed or prepared microwave power sources and antennae for producing or accelerating ions and having the following characteristics: greater than 30 GHz frequency and greater than 50 kW mean power output for ion production. 2. Radio frequency ion excitation coils for frequencies of more than 100 kHz 3. Uranium plasma generation systems 4. Uranium metal 'product' and 'tails' collector assemblies made of or protected by materials resistant to the heat and corro....
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....hydrogen, uranium and plutonium. 3: Materials resistant to corrosion by UF6 include copper, copper alloys, stainless steel, aluminium, aluminium oxide, aluminium alloys, nickel or alloys containing 60% or more nickel and fluorinated hydrocarbon polymers. 0B006 Plants for the fabrication of nuclear reactor fuel elements, and equipment especially designed or prepared therefor including but not limited to: a. fully automatic pellet inspection stations especially designed or prepared for checking final dimensions and surface defects of the fuel pellets; b. automatic welding machines especially designed or prepared for welding end caps onto the fuel pins (or rods); c. automatic test and inspection stations especially designed or prepared for checking the integrity of completed fuel pins (or rods); d. systems especially designed or prepared to manufacture nuclear fuel cladding. Item 'c' typically includes equipment for: 1) x-ray examination of pin (or rod) end cap welds, 2) helium leak detection from pressurized pins (or rods), and 3) gammaray scanning of the pins (or rods) to check for correct loading of the fuel pellets inside. 0B007 Plants or systems for production, handli....
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....razane-1-oxide (ADNBF) (CAS 97096-78-1); e. 1,1-diamino-2,2-dinitroethylene (DADE or FOX7) (CAS 145250-81-3); f. 2,4-dinitroimidazole (DNI) (CAS 5213-49-0); g. Diaminoazoxyfurazan (DAAOF or DAAF) (CAS 78644-89-0); h. Diaminotrinitrobenzene (DATB) (CAS 1630-08-6); i. Dinitroglycoluril (DNGU or DINGU) (CAS 55510-04-8); j. 2,6-Bis (picrylamino)-3,5-dinitropyridine (PYX) (CAS 38082-89-2); k. 3,3′-diamino-2,2′,4,4′,6,6′-hexanitrobiphenyl or dipicramide (DIPAM) (CAS 17215-44-0); l. Diaminoazofurazan (DAAzF) (CAS 78644-90-3); m. 1,4,5,8-tetranitro-pyridazino[4,5-d] pyridazine (TNP) (CAS 229176-04-9); n. Hexanitrostilbene (HNS) (CAS 20062-22-0); or o. Any explosive with a crystal density greater than 1.8 g/cm3 and having a detonation velocity greater than 8000 m/s. Note: License applications for the export of items at 3A401a and 3A401b will normally be denied. " G. SCOMET Category 4A, 4B and 4C and the entries relating thereto shall be substituted as follows:- "4A Equipment, assemblies, components including test and production equipment 4A001 Flow-forming machines, spin-forming machines capable of flow-forming functions, and mandrels, as fo....
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....ing to ISO 230/2 (1988) along any linear axis (overall positioning); 2. Two or more contouring rotary axes; or 3 Five or more axes which can be coordinated simultaneously for "contouring control". Note: Item 4A002.c. does not control grinding machines as follows: 1. Cylindrical external, internal, and external-internal grinding machines having all the following characteristics: a. Limited to a maximum workpiece capacity of 150 mm outside diameter or length; and b. Axes limited to x, z and c. 2. Jig grinders that do not have a z-axis or a w-axis with an overall positioning accuracy less (better) than 4 microns. Positioning accuracy is according to ISO 230/2 (1988). d. Non-wire type Electrical Discharge Machines (EDM) that have two or more contouring rotary axes and that can be coordinated simultaneously for "contouring control". Notes: 1. Stated "positioning accuracy" levels derived under the following procedures from measurements made according to ISO 230/2 (1988) or national equivalents may be used for each machine tool model if provided to, and accepted by, national authorities instead of individual machine tests. Stated "positioning accuracy" are to be derived a....
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....ing at least 2 of the 3 turning, milling or grinding capabilities (e.g., a turning machine with milling capability) must be evaluated against each applicable entry, 4A002.a., 4A002.b. and 4A002.c. 6. Items 4A002.b.3 and 4A002.c.3 include machines based on a parallel linear kinematic design (e.g., hexapods) that have 5 or more axes none of which are rotary axes. 4A003 Dimensional inspection machines, instruments, or systems, as follows: a. Computer controlled or numerically controlled coordinate measuring machines (CMM) having either of the following characteristics: 1. Having only two axes and having a maximum permissible error of length measurement along any axis (one dimensional), identified as any combination of E0x MPE, E0y MPE or E0z MPE, equal to or less(better) than (1.25 + L/1000) μm (where L is the measured length in mm) at any point within the operating range of the machine (i.e., within the length of the axis), according to ISO 10360-2(2009); or 2. Three or more axes and having a three dimensional (volumetric) maximum permissible error of length measurement (E0, MPE equal to or less (better) than (1.7 + L/800) μm (where L is the measured length in mm) at a....
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....ong any linear axis equal to or better (less) than 3.5 μm per 5 mm; and 2. "Angular position deviation" equal to or less than 0.02°. Notes: 1. Item 1.B.3. includes machine tools that can be used as measuring machines if they meet or exceed the criteria specified for the measuring machine function. 2. Machines described in Item 1.B.3. are controlled if they exceed the threshold specified anywhere within their operating range Technical Note: All parameters of measurement values in this item represent plus/minus, i.e., not total band. 4A004 Controlled atmosphere (vacuum or inert gas) induction furnaces, and power supplies therefor, as follows: a. Furnaces having all of the following characteristics: 1. Capable of operation at temperatures above 1123 K (850 °C); 2. Induction coils 600 mm or less in diameter; and 3. Designed for power inputs of 5 kW or more; Note: Item 4A004.a. does not control furnaces designed for the processing of semiconductor wafers. b. Power supplies, with a specified output power of 5 kW or more, specially designed for furnaces specified in Item 4A004.a. 4A005 Isostatic presses', and related equipment, as follows: a. 'Isostatic ....
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....ces and plasma atomisation and melting furnaces, having both of the following characteristics: 1. A power of 50 kW or greater; and 2. Capable of operating with melting temperatures above 1473 K (1200 °C); c. Computer control and monitoring systems specially configured for any of the furnaces specified in Item 4A007.a. or 4A007.b. 4A008 Crucibles made of materials resistant to liquid actinide metals, as follows: a. Crucibles having both of the following characteristics: 1. A volume of between 150 cm3 (150 ml) and 8000 cm3 (8 litres); and 2. Made of or coated with any of the following materials, or combination of the following materials, having an overall impurity level of 2% or less by weight: a. Calcium fluoride (CaF2); b. Calcium zirconate (metazirconate) (CaZrO3); c. Cerium sulphide (Ce2S3); d. Erbium oxide (erbia) (Er2O3); e. Hafnium oxide (hafnia) (HfO2); f. Magnesium oxide (MgO); g. Nitrided niobium-titanium-tungsten alloy (approximately 50% Nb, 30% Ti, 20% W); h. Yttrium oxide (yttria) (Y2O3); or i. Zirconium oxide (zirconia) (ZrO2); b. Crucibles having both of the following characteristics: 1. A volume of between 50 cm3 (50 ml) and 2000....
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....lasers having both of the following characteristics: 1. Operating at wavelengths between 500 and 600 nm; and 2. An average output power equal to or greater than 40 W; b. Argon ion lasers having both of the following characteristics: 1. Operating at wavelengths between 400 and 515 nm; and 2. An average output power greater than 40 W; c. Neodymium-doped (other than glass) lasers with an output wavelength between 1000 and 1100 nm having either of the following: 1. Pulse-excited and Q-switched with a pulse duration equal to or greater than 1 ns, and having either of the following: a. A single-transverse mode output with an average output power greater than 40 W; or b. A multiple-transverse mode output with an average output power greater than 50 W; or 2. Incorporating frequency doubling to give an output wavelength between 500 and 550 nm with an average output power of greater than 40 W; d. Tuneable pulsed single-mode dye laser oscillators having all of the following characteristics: 1. Operating at wavelengths between 300 and 800 nm; 2. An average output power greater than 1 W; 3. A repetition rate greater than 1 kHz; and 4. Pulse width less than 100 ns....
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....efers to the smallest diameter. 4A014 Superconducting solenoidal electromagnets having all of the following characteristics: a. Capable of creating magnetic fields greater than 2 T; b. A ratio of length to inner diameter greater than 2; c. Inner diameter greater than 300 mm; and d. Magnetic field uniform to better than 1% over the central 50% of the inner volume. Note: Item 4A014 does not control magnets specially designed for and exported as part of medical nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) imaging systems. ('As part of' does not necessarily mean physical part in the same shipment. Separate shipments from different sources are allowed, provided the related export documents clearly specify the 'as part of" relationship.) 4A015 High-power direct current power supplies having both of the following characteristics: a. Capable of continuously producing, over a time period of 8 hours, 100 V or greater with current output of 500 A or greater; and b. Current or voltage stability better than 0.1% over a time period of 8 hours 4A016 High-voltage direct current power supplies having both of the following characteristics: a. Capable of continuously producing, over a time per....
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....bes linked to a computer that subsequently controls the action of, for example, pneumatic rams used for aligning the rotor tube sections. c. Bellows-forming mandrels and dies for producing single -convolution bellows. Technical Note: The bellows referred to in Item 4A020c have all of the following characteristics: 1. Inside diameter between 75 and 400 mm; 2. Length equal to or greater than 12.7 mm; 3. Single convolution depth greater than 2 mm; and 4. Made of high-strength aluminium alloys, maraging steel, or high strength fibrous or filamentary materials. 4A021 Centrifugal multi-plane balancing machines, fixed or portable, horizontal or vertical, as follows: a. Centrifugal balancing machines designed for balancing flexible rotors having a length of 600 mm or more and having all of the following characteristics: 1. Swing or journal diameter greater than 75 mm; 2. Mass capability of from 0.9 to 23 kg; and 3. Capable of balancing speed of revolution greater than 5000 rpm; b. Centrifugal balancing machines designed for balancing hollow cylindrical rotor components and having all of the following characteristics: 1. Journal diameter greater than 75 mm; 2. Mas....
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.... by an electron beam; and 2. One or more cold traps that can be cooled to a temperature of 193 K (-80 °C) or less in order to trap analyte molecules that are not ionized by the electron beam; e. Mass spectrometers equipped with a microfluorination ion source designed for actinides or actinide fluorides. Technical Notes: 1. Item 4A024.d. describes mass spectrometers that are typically used for isotopic analysis of UF6 gas samples. 2. Electron bombardment mass spectrometers in Item 4A024.d. are also known as electron impact mass spectrometers or electron ionization mass spectrometers. 3. In Item 4A024.d.2, a 'cold trap' is a device that traps gas molecules by condensing or freezing them on cold surfaces. For the purposes of this entry, a closed-loop gaseous helium cryogenic vacuum pump is not a cold trap. 4A025 Specialized packings which may be used in separating heavy water from ordinary water, having both of the following characteristics: a. Made of phosphor bronze mesh chemically treated to improve wettability; and b. Designed to be used in vacuum distillation towers. 4A026 Pumps capable of circulating solutions of concentrated or dilute potassium amide cat....
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....internal contactor plates in a plate-type column. 4A030 Bellows-sealed scroll-type compressors and bellows-sealed scroll-type vacuum pumps having all of the following characteristics: a. Capable of an inlet volume flow rate of 50 m3/h or greater; b. Capable of a pressure ratio of 2:1 or greater; and c. Having all surfaces that come in contact with the process gas made from any of the following materials: 1. Aluminium or aluminium alloy; 2. Aluminium oxide; 3. Stainless steel; 4. Nickel or nickel alloy; 5. Phosphor bronze; or 6. Fluoropolymers. Technical Notes: 1. In a scroll compressor or vacuum pump, crescentshaped pockets of gas are trapped between one or more pairs of intermeshed spiral vanes, or scrolls, one of which moves while the other remains stationary. The moving scroll orbits the stationary scroll; it does not rotate. As the moving scroll orbits the stationary scroll, the gas pockets diminish in size (i.e., they are compressed) as they move toward the outlet port of the machine. 2. In a bellows-sealed scroll compressor or vacuum pump, the process gas is totally isolated from the lubricated parts of the pump and from the external atmosphere by a met....
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....enting material, parts, tools, or special devices through variable movements in three-dimensional space; (c) incorporates three or more closed or open loop servo-devices which may include stepping motors; and (d) has "user-accessible programmability" by means of teach/playback method or by means of an electronic computer which may be a programmable logic controller, i.e., without mechanical intervention. N.B.1: In the above definition "sensors" means detectors of a physical phenomenon, the output of which (after conversion into a signal that can be interpreted by a control unit) is able to generate "programs" or modify programmed instructions or numerical "program" data. This includes "sensors" with machine vision, infrared imaging, acoustical imaging, tactile feel, inertial position measuring, optical or acoustic ranging or force or torque measuring capabilities. N.B.2: In the above definition "user-accessible programmability" means the facility allowing a user to insert, modify or replace "programs" by means other than: (a) a physical change in wiring or interconnections; or (b) the setting of function controls including entry of parameters. N.B.3: The above d....
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.... and terminal fixture. They may be of a master/slave type or operated by joystick or keypad. 4B Equipment, assemblies and components, including test and measurement equipment usable in development of nuclear explosive devices 4B001 Photomultiplier tubes having both of the following characteristics: a. Photocathode area of greater than 20 cm2; and b. Anode pulse rise time of less than 1 ns. 4B002 Flash X-ray generators or pulsed electron accelerators having either of the following sets of characteristics: a. 1. An accelerator peak electron energy of 500 keV or greater but less than 25 MeV; and 2. With a figure of merit (K) of 0.25 or greater; or b. 1. An accelerator peak electron energy of 25 MeV or greater; and 2. A peak power greater than 50 MW. Note: Item 4B002 does not control accelerators that are component parts of devices designed for purposes other than electron beam or X-ray radiation (electron microscopy, for example) nor those designed for medical purposes. Technical Notes: 1. The figure of merit K is defined as: K=1.7 x 103 V2.65Q. V is the peak electron energy in million electron volts. If the accelerator beam pulse duration is less than or equal to 1....
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....ch have modular structures and that enable the performance specifications in 4B004.b.1 or 4B004.b.2.; 5. Synchronizing electronics units, rotor assemblies consisting of turbines, mirrors and bearings specially designed for cameras specified in 4B004.b.1 or 4B004.b.2. c. Solid state or electron tube cameras and specially designed components therefor as follows: 1. Solid-state cameras or electron tube cameras with a fast image gating (shutter) time of 50 ns or less; 2. Solid-state imaging devices and image intensifiers tubes having a fast image gating (shutter) time of 50 ns or less specially designed for cameras specified in 4B004.c.1.; 3. Electro-optical shuttering devices (Kerr or Pockels cells) with a fast image gating (shutter) time of 50 ns or less; 4. Plug-ins specially designed for use with cameras which have modular structures and that enable the performance specifications in 4B004.c.1. Technical Note: High speed single frame cameras can be used alone to produce a single image of a dynamic event, or several such cameras can be combined in a sequentially-triggered system to produce multiple images of an event. 4B005 High explosive containment vessels, chambers,....
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....hnical Note: In Item 4B008. the detonators of concern all utilize a small electrical conductor (bridge, bridge wire, or foil) that explosively vaporizes when a fast, high-current electrical pulse is passed through it. In nonslapper types,the exploding conductor starts a chemical detonation in a contacting high-explosive material such as PETN (pentaerythritoltetranitrate). In slapper detonators, the explosive vaporization of the electrical conductor drives a flyer or slapper across a gap, and the impact of the slapper on an explosive starts a chemical detonation. The slapper in some designs is driven by magnetic force. The term exploding foil detonator may refer to either an EB or a slapper-type detonator. Also, the word initiator is sometimes used in place of the word detonator. 4B009 Firing sets and equivalent high-current pulse generators, as follows: a. Detonator firing sets (initiation systems, firesets), including electronically-charged, explosively-driven and optically-driven firing sets designed to drive multiple controlled detonators specified by Item 4B008 above; b. Modular electrical pulse generators (pulsers) having all of the following characteristics: 1. Desig....