TY - JOUR A1 - De Jong, E. A1 - Lightfoot, P. A1 - Mak, W. A1 - Pfeil, Norbert A1 - Wehrstedt, Klaus-Dieter T1 - IGUS - 50 years of international collaboration to the benefit of safety in the field of unstable substances N2 - IGUS is the International Group of Experts on the Explosion Risks of Unstable Substances. Today, the aim of the group is to exchange information on the behavior of unstable substances and to improve safety in production, storage, transport, and use of these substances. Full members of IGUS work for governments and independent research organizations. Experts from industry can and do attend meetings by invitation. IGUS's 50th anniversary in 2012 gives reason to have a closer look at the questions of how IGUS came to be, what IGUS's aims and objectives were, and how it is organized and working today. KW - Explosion hazards KW - Hazardous substances KW - IGUS KW - Loss prevention KW - Test methods PY - 2012 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/ceat.201200053 SN - 0930-7516 SN - 1521-4125 VL - 35 IS - 4 SP - 605 EP - 608 PB - Wiley-VCH Verl. CY - Weinheim AN - OPUS4-25723 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -