What is Ballistics Gel?
Ballistics gelatin, also known as ballistics gel, is a analogue for the tissue of living organisms which is made from gelatin which is dissolved in water, allowed to set, and then chilled so that it becomes very dense. As the name implies, ballistics gel is used to test firearms, although it is also used in experiments where people want to approximate the amount of damage something will cause to a body without actually using a body. Several companies manufacture ballistics gelatin to very exacting standards for organizations like the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and it is also possible to make a similar version at home. When ballistics gel is made, the proportion of gelatin to water is designed to produce a block of gelatin which will closely mimic the muscle tissue of an animal. In some experiments, bones from pigs or other animals will be suspended in the gelatin while it sets so that the experiment more closely mimics a real body, since most bodies do not walk around witho
