Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
ENERGETIC MATERIAL
A material which can undergo a self-sustaining
chemical reaction which gives off heat, rapidly
releasing a large amount of energy
Rapid - decomposition can occur in
fractions of a second
Reactions turn solids and liquids into
superheated gases almost instantaneously
Heat
Light
Sound
Pyrotechnics
Propellants
Explosives
PYROTECHNICS
PURPOSE:
Create Smoke, Light, and Heat
EXAMPLES:
Display Fireworks
Road Flares
Smoke Grenades
Thermites
PROPELLANTS
PURPOSE:
Produce Controlled Gas Release
EXAMPLES:
Black & Smokeless Powder, Rocket
Fuel
Pyrodex - BP Substitute
Smokeless Powder
Examples of High
Explosives:
Dynamite
C-4
TNT
ANFO
EXPLOSION
It seems unnecessary to define explosion, for
everyone knows what it is-
EXPLOSIVE EFFECTS
EXPLOSIVE EFFECTS
Effects of Explosions
FRAGMENTATION EFFECT
Primary Fragmentation - Originates From the Device Itself
Secondary Fragmentation - Items in Close Proximity to the
Device (rocks, glass, etc )
Effects of Explosions
INCENDIARY or THERMAL EFFECT
Effects of Explosions
Blast Effects
Positive Pressure Phase/ Shock Wave
Negative Pressure Phase
6-7,000 feet/sec. ?
WHAT IS AN IED?
IED COMPONENTS
- Power Source:
Battery, Capacitor
- Conductor:
Electrical Wiring
-Switch:
Mousetrap, Magnetic Reed Switch
- Load:
Explosive/Incendiary Material
TYPES of IEDs
Mail Bombs
Large Vehicle Bombs
Command Detonated
Roadside IED
What Survives?
Bomb Components
Pieces of the Container
What Survives?
Bomb Components
Pieces of the Container
Forensic Evidence
SCENE PERIMETERS
Evidence Recovery
Rear axle of a truck
with a CVIN
CHARGE SIZE
DEVICE COMPONENTS
Evidence Recovery
White and blue plastic
fragments
Recovered from
rooftop of the Journal
Records Building and
the Murrah Federal
Building
10
11
12