Validation of Roebuck 1518 synthetic chamois as a skin simulant when backed by 10% gelatin.
Gelatin
Simulant
Skin
Synthetic
Validation
Journal
International journal of legal medicine
ISSN: 1437-1596
Titre abrégé: Int J Legal Med
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 9101456
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
May 2021
May 2021
Historique:
received:
19
06
2020
accepted:
21
08
2020
pubmed:
28
8
2020
medline:
24
7
2021
entrez:
27
8
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Synthetic skin simulants are used both in wound ballistics and forensic investigations and should display similar mechanical properties to human tissue and therefore need to be validated. It is recognised that skin simulants may have a significantly different performance when different backing combinations are used; therefore, it is essential to specify and control the backing material. Roebuck 1518 synthetic chamois (RBK) backed by 20% ballistic gelatin has been validated as a suitable skin simulant; this study looks at validating the RBK simulant when backed by 10% ballistic gelatin. Two layers of RBK synthetic chamois backed by calibrated 10% ballistic gelatin were placed onto the long face of the block and secured. Steel spheres with various sectional densities were fired using a custom-made gas gun to determine the V The results demonstrate that for a sectional density between 2.1 and 6.6 g/cm This validation study confirms that RBK synthetic simulant backed by 10% gelatin is a suitable skin simulant when testing non-deforming projectiles with sectional densities ranging from 2.1 to 6.6 g/cm
Identifiants
pubmed: 32845356
doi: 10.1007/s00414-020-02408-8
pii: 10.1007/s00414-020-02408-8
doi:
Substances chimiques
Gelatin
9000-70-8
Types de publication
Validation Study
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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