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Evidence resulting from an apparent explosion and/or recovery of an explosive device can be examined. Examinations are based on the premise that components and accessories used to construct the devices survive the explosion, although disfigured. The examinations can accomplish the following:
* Identify the components used to construct the device such as switches, batteries, detonators, tapes, wires, and fuzing systems.
* Identify the explosive main charge.
* Determine the construction characteristics.
* Determine the manner in which the device functioned or was designed or intended to function.
* Determine the specific assembly techniques employed by the builder(s) of the device.
* Preserve the trace evidence potentially present in the devices so that it is ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Explosives examinations.(Evidence Examinations)(Brief Article)