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<p>Historically, standards-based testing of ballistic-resistant body armor in the U.S. has relied on an oil-based modelling clay as the ballistic witness material (BWM). The clay used currently is temperature sensitive, so to ensure that the clay is soft enough to serve as a BWM, it is conditioned at some temperature such that a drop mass of given shape and mass will indent the clay within specified depth limits when it is dropped onto the clay surface from a specified height. </p>
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