To: reformedliberal
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Don't the buyers test their shipments to assure the specs are met? --
For some attributes, sure. But chemical composition is not commonly re-assayed, and "statistical" statements about properties (that is, the amount of variation in a lot or over time) are also reported or promised, and it is considerably more difficult to disprove those claims.
I'm not saying Kobe lied about chemical composition (maybe they did, I just don't know the details), just using that as an example.
719 posted on
03/06/2018 10:27:17 AM PST by
Cboldt
To: Cboldt
The big question, to me, is where is that tainted steel supposed to be used?
Pipelines, ships, planes, trains, automobiles, roads/bridges, military applications.
Every project that is slated to use that sh|t steel is now suspect.
And what about the degradation rate for what has already been used? Will that all need to be rebuilt if it's critical?
791 posted on
03/06/2018 12:00:00 PM PST by
philman_36
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