ISO 25947-5:2017

Fireworks — Categories 1, 2 and 3 — Part 5: Requirements for construction and performance

ISO 25947-5:2017 specifies requirements for the construction, performance and primary packaging of fireworks of category 1, 2 and 3 of the following types:

– aerial wheels;

– bangers;

– batteries;

– batteries requiring external support;

– Bengal flames;

– Bengal matches;

– Bengal sticks;

– Christmas crackers;

– combinations;

– combinations requiring external support;

– compound fireworks;

– crackling granules;

– double bangers;

– double flash bangers;

– flash bangers;

– flash pellets;

– fountains;

– ground movers;

– ground spinners;

– hand-held sparklers;

– jumping crackers;

– jumping ground spinners;

– mines;

– mini rockets;

– nezumi-hanabi;

– non-hand-held sparklers;

– novelty matches;

– party poppers;

– rockets;

– Roman candles;

– senko-hanabi;

– serpents;

– shot tubes;

– snaps;

– spinners;

– table bombs;

– throwdowns;

– wheels.

ISO 25947-5:2017 does not apply to articles containing pyrotechnic composition that includes any of the following substances:

– arsenic or arsenic compounds;

– hexachlorobenzene;

– mixtures containing a mass fraction of chlorates greater than 80 %;

– mixtures of chlorates with metals;

– mixtures of chlorates with red phosphorus (except when used in Christmas crackers, party poppers, snaps and throwdowns);

– mixtures of chlorates with potassium hexacyanoferrate(II);

– mixtures of chlorates with sulfur (these mixtures are allowed for friction heads only);

– 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 μm.

ISO 25947-5:2017 does not apply for theatrical pyrotechnic articles which are designed for indoor or outdoor stage use, including film and television productions or similar use.

Edition	2017
Standard Part No	5
Published Date	2017
Published By	International Standardization Organisation
Page Count	23