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PURITY TEST FOR STAINLESS STEEL- 304 GRADE

HOW AM I SUPPOSE TO KNOW WHETHER A ROD GIVEN TO ME IS OF STAINLESS STEEL OF GRADE 304 i.e. HOW CAN I ASSURE MYSELF OF ITS PURITY SO THAT I AM NOT CHEATED BY THE FIRM FROM WHICH I SHALL BUY SS OF GRADE 304...

SACHIN DEVENDRA CHACHADA
- NAGPUR ,MAHARASHTRA , INDIA

Either...

(1) buy from a supplier that you trust, or whose certificate of chemical analysis you trust; or

(2) have the material analysed by a commercial laboratory, so that you get an independent certificate of analysis.

Bill Reynolds
consultant metallurgist
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

It is this website's profoundly sad
duty to relate the news that Bill
passed away on Jan. 29, 2010.

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