Protective equipment for small-scale laboratory explosive hazards. Part 1: Clothing for hand and body protection

An Algorithm for Evaluation of Potential Hazards in Research and Development of New Energetic Materials in Terms of their Detonation and Ballistic Profiles

“…He found that double-glove combination provides sufficient protection, but a wider test series must be carried out to elaborate standardized testing protocol [13]. Murray et al [14,15] also performed such tests for hand, eye, face and body protection and found that in the relative vicinity between the operator and explosive material, even small quantities of the latter (0.3 g) can lead to serious injuries. For ballistic eyewear, however, these norms already exist and according 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 them, the eyewear must be resistant to a 0.15 caliber T37 shaped projectile at a velocity of 640-660 ft/s [16].…”