{"id":167,"date":"2007-01-25T11:18:32","date_gmt":"2007-01-25T11:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jpyro.com\/wp\/?p=167"},"modified":"2007-01-25T11:18:32","modified_gmt":"2007-01-25T11:18:32","slug":"evaluation-of-the-hazards-posed-by-high-energy-bangers-part-2-damage-to-hand-simulants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/?p=167","title":{"rendered":"Evaluation of the Hazards Posed by High Energy Bangers Part 2. Damage to Hand Simulants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><strong>R. K. Wharton and A. E. Jeffcock<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>ABSTRACT:<\/strong> This paper reports the development and construction of hand simulant models and their use to evaluate the extent of injury to persons holding, or being near to, high energy bangers when they are initiated. The test work suggests a risk of severe injury to the hand and wrist from flashbangers containing more than 1 g of composition, with amputation of the hand being possible for the more powerful items examined.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keywords:<\/strong> potassium perchlorate, barium nitrate, aluminium, flash composition, bangers, damage, firecracker, small salut<font face=\"TimesNewRomanPSMT\">e<\/font><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><strong>Ref:<\/strong> JPyro, Issue 16, 2002, pp1-4<br \/> (J16_01)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>R. K. Wharton and A. E. Jeffcock ABSTRACT: This paper reports the development and construction of hand simulant models and their use to evaluate the extent of injury to persons holding, or being near to, high energy bangers when they are initiated. The test work suggests a risk of severe injury to the hand and &hellip;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/?p=167\" class=\"more-link pen_button pen_element_default pen_icon_arrow_double\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Evaluation of the Hazards Posed by High Energy Bangers Part 2. Damage to Hand Simulants<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}