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Electric match

a device, designed and used for the electrical ignition of fireworks and pyrotechnic articles, that contains a small amount of pyrotechnic material, which ignites when a specified electric current flows through the leads. Discussion—An electric current is passed through the bridgewire, using a wire circuit, and a temperature rise occurs in the bridgewire that ignites a small dab of match composition. A burst of flame is produced that ignites a section of fuse or a charge of pyrotechnic composition.
Committee
Trace Materials
Date Added to Lexicon
Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)
ANSI/ASTM E1732 Standard Terminology Relating to Forensic Science. ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428, 2025. Source link
Reprinted, with permission, from ASTM E1732 Standard Terminology Relating to Forensic Science, copyright ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428. A copy of the complete standard is available from ASTM International, https://www.astm.org
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