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Explosive Residue

material remaining from an explosive deagration or detonation or from direct contact withan explosive. Explosive residue generally does not have adiscernible morphology, can be visible or non-visible, and cancontain uninitiated and post-combustion components.3.2.1.1 DiscussionVisible explosive residue can be pres-ent in large (grams) and small (single particle or single crystal)quantities.

Committee
Ignitable Liquids, Explosives & Gunshot Residue
Date Added to Lexicon
Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)
ANSI/ASTM E3329-21 Standard Practice for Establishing an Examination Scheme for Explosive Residues. ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428, 2021. Source link
Reprinted, with permission, from ASTM, copyright ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428. A copy of the complete standard may be purchased from ASTM International, https://www.astm.org