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Shrapnel

Added materials (usually metal) which are placed in or around an explosive to intentionally produce additional property damage and injuries. DISCUSSION(1) It should be noted that the term shrapnel is also sometimes colloquially used to denote any pieces from a device that are fragmented by an explosion. (2) Shrapnel can also be included in some military ordnance.

Committee

Ignitable Liquids, Explosives & Gunshot Residue

Date Added to Lexicon

06/12/2023

Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)

ASTM E3196-21 Standard Terminology Relating to the Examination of Explosives. 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