Bullet fragmentation

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If required to examine a person for FDR who had been subjected to bullet fragmentation, the presence of such large numbers of particles originating from fragmentation would make the task very difficult. In this instance no unique FDR particles were detected. However, it is possible that all types of FDR particles could be carried on the surface of the bullets, and this possibility would have to be carefully considered in this type of examination. 

Threat Shrapnel Fragmentation Fragmentation 9mm bullet Fragmentation 9mm bullet Fragmentation 9mm bullet... 

Typical assaults on military and police personnel involve knives, firearms with both handgun and rifle bullets, and explosive devices that produce blast, fragmentation and heat. Additional attacks may come from chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons or enviromnental hazards such as collisions in road traffic accidents and falling masomy. Knives, bullets, fragmentation and blast will be used here as examples. 

Threat evaluation mrrst include what the threat is (e.g. krrives, bullets, fragmentation or blast) where it comes from (from above, the fiorrt, below, etc.) how frequently it occurs (single or mrrltiple hits) how irtterrse it is arrd also the relative proportions of different attacks to be endured. 

Probably the first work based on ICP-MS analysis in this context was published by Dufosse and Touron [11], They investigated the potential of quadrupole-based ICP-MS for investigating the elemental fingerprint and the Pb isotopic composition of different bullets or bullet fragments found at crime scenes, after their... 

Bullets and bullet fragments found at crime scenes Pb isotope ratios, Pb/Sb ratio, trace elements Q-ICP-MS (Ill... 

Also using MC-ICP-MS, Zeichner et al. investigated possible memory effects derived from shooting bullets [13], It was concluded that no mechanical or chemical method completely removes lead deposits from the barrels of firearms. That obviously makes the identification of bullets much more difficult, since the isotopic composition of a bullet fragment could be affected by those from bullets shot earlier from the same weapon. Still, the authors indicated that if the ammunition brands involved (bullets and primers) in a shoot-out incident differ significantly in their original isotopic composition, it should be possible to find out which ammunition or firearm was responsible for a particular gunshot entry. 

Neither do we fully understand the relationship between the endangered California condor and lead bullet fragments in the remains of harvested deer and elk, the vaunted gut piles. A condor may occasionally feed on a pile of entrails and, in a universe of infinite possibilities it might die because of that. The evidence is far from conclusive, but it is possible and it has become justification for sweeping efforts to restrict lead ammunition far out of proportion to the conclusiveness of the evidence. 

Big guns like this Barrett 50 caliber make a serious noise and, in the hands of a skilled marksman, can kill at more than a mile. Few shooting ranges in the eastern half of the U.S. can handle such a rifle, and traditional bullet fragmentation or dispersion following impact would be a true problem if the guns and their ammo weren t so expensive. 

A radiographic [X-ray] study of rifle bullet fragmentation shows the presence of hundreds of lead particles in whole deer and gut piles. ... 

The Fund claims that 15 condors have bullet fragments or pellets in their digestive systems and that five birds died of lead poisoning in 2006 alone. The release concludes, Lead exposure is currently so prevalent that the population cannot maintain itself by natural reproduction unless lead incidence in the wild food supply is greatly reduced. ... 

The November 2007 experiment in which 30 wild deer were shot with a rifle in Wyoming (see Time Line reference) results in a paper titled Lead Bullet Fragments in Venison from Rifle-Killed Deer Potential for Human Dietary Exposure and it is read at this conference. 

To Study bullet fragmentation and lead deposition, Lou Cornicelli, Big Game Program Coordinator, Minnesota DNR, selects 72 previously euthanized domestic sheep as surrogates for white-tailed deer. We selected bullets based on their advertised performance and consumer availability. ... 

Shot with lead bullets, accept only whole cuts, not ground meat. (Whole cuts appear to contain fewer lead bullet fragments than ground venison.)... 

North Dakota DOH says, The most certain way of avoiding lead bullet fragments in wild game is to hunt with non-lead bullets. ... 

Thus, when Ted Fogarty, a Bismarck radiologist, assisted with the venison sample X-rays and the results showed so many lead bullet fragments, Cornatzer says he was stunned by the results and believed he ought to quickly make them public. 

CT scans indicate that traditional lead rifle bullets fragment when they hit a big game animal. Fragmentation is especially severe when a bullet hits heavy bone vertebrae or shoulder, and lead fragments may end up 12 to 18 inches from the wound cavity. (Photo Minnesota DNR)... 

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