• A 30' diameter Blast Sphere with an attached instrumentation tunnel. The sphere is constructed of 2.8-inch thick steel with 60% of the sphere above the ground.
  
• The attached instrumentation tunnel is a 1-inch thick steel cylinder 10' in diameter by 40' long.
  
• Ideal for measuring emissions from functioning (exploding) ordnance.
  
• Measurement instrumentation assembly extends/retracts into the sphere from the tunnel enabling the measurements of emissions from explosive and fragmenting ordnance.
  
• All sphere functions remotely operated; mixing fan protective doors, fan operation, sampling instrumentation, data acquisition.
  
• Capable of sustaining in excess of a 40-pound TNT equivalent detonation.
  
• Able to withstand fragmenting detonations
  
• Interior volume of approximately 14,400 ft³. Interior volume mixed using retractable fans to homogenize the gaseous effluent for accurate and reproducible sampling and analysis.
  
• High speed video, thermal imagery, blast overpressure instrumentation capability to capture blast events.
  
• Supported by advanced analytical instrumentation, data collection, and on site chemistry lab facilities at ATC and U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine (CHPPM).
  
• ATC utilizes sampling and analysis methodologies reviewed and approved by the U.S. Army Environmental Center and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Survivability/Lethality Directorate, 410-278-7124, email atcsld@atc.army.mil