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Explosive Residue Transfer From Various Explosive Ordinance Disposal (Eod) Render Safe Procedures (Rsp), Joseph A. Stein
Explosive Residue Transfer From Various Explosive Ordinance Disposal (Eod) Render Safe Procedures (Rsp), Joseph A. Stein
Master of Science in Forensic Science Directed Research Projects
Before an IED is sent to a laboratory for analysis, it needs to be rendered safe if it did not already initiate. Render safe procedures (RSPs) include utilizing a percussion-actuated non-electric (PAN) disrupter or a mineral water bottle disrupter. Each disrupter utilizes explosives to render the device safe by breaking open the container or disrupting the fuzing system. However, the same explosives used in the RSP are also used by criminals in IED construction. As such, the explosives used in the RSP can cause problems with the interpretation of the results from forensic analysis of the IED fragments. Compounds of …