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Commercial pyrotechnic powder

Low explosives (black powder and flash powder) extracted from commercially available fireworks. Used in the Boston Marathon bombing devices. Not subject to the same access restrictions as military explosives; post-Boston regulatory discussions addressed pyrotechnic product composition reporting requirements.

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ANFO (ammonium nitrate fuel oil)Blast seatDaubert standardForensic Explosives Laboratory (FEL)HMTD (hexamethylene triperoxide diamine)Ion chromatography (IC)RDX (Research Department Explosive)TATP (triacetone triperoxide)VBIED (vehicle-borne improvised explosive device)

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