Ballistic gelatin
Under ballistic gelatin (short ballistics gel) refers to gelatin which to simulate soft body in the field of weapons research and forensics and criminalistics is used. The characterizing property is the gel strength of the gelatine, indicated with the Bloom value . The manufacturers offer gelatin types with bloom numbers in the range between 50 and 300 bloom, for ballistic purposes gelatin type A with a bloom number of 250 is typically used.
Due to the transparency of the gelatine material, the firing channels ( temporary wound cavity ) of the projectiles and splinters are particularly easy to understand. It is also possible to embed other objects in the gelatin during the production of the gelatin blocks, for example animal bones or synthetic bodies. In this way one can make comprehensive statements about the behavior of projectiles, blades and other wound-forming objects in the body of an animal or a person.
In criminology, ballistic gelatine is used to catch projectiles from seized weapons as gently as possible in order to be able to compare them with crime projectiles, since every type of weapon leaves its own pattern of grinding marks on the barrel on the projectile, comparable to a human fingerprint.
The American Martin L. Fackler also carried out scientific work on the properties of ballistic gelatine.
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- ↑ Bettina Jakob: The shot on the soap block. ( Memento from November 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: UniPress. 133, 2007, pp. 21–23 (report on ballistic tests by Beat Kneubuehl, PDF viewed on August 26, 2013; 353 kB).
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- ^ Martin L. Fackler: Effects of Small Arms on the Human Body. ( Memento of February 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF, English, accessed on August 26, 2013; 622 kB).