To: reformedliberal
I think it’s pretty hard to test alloy content/chemical analysis after production.
Tensile and yield strength testing is relatively easy, but involved. You should be able to trust your supplier.
717 posted on
03/06/2018 10:23:56 AM PST by
EMI_Guy
("You have to slow down to go fast." - Kenny Roberts)
To: EMI_Guy
Seems like somebody has to being paid off at ASTM testing labs or giving them non representative samples to test... milspec even tighter...
To: EMI_Guy
I think it’s pretty hard to test alloy content/chemical analysis after production. Spectrograph . . . and assay the metal. easy.
1,147 posted on
03/06/2018 8:14:59 PM PST by
Swordmaker
(My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you racist, bigot!)
To: EMI_Guy
For reinforcing steel on schools and hospitals it’s 1-2 bar sample for every 20,000 lb, every 5,000 if it’s sampled at the jobsite and/or you don’t have the mill certifications.
1,199 posted on
03/06/2018 9:14:31 PM PST by
Axenolith
(Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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