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Originally Posted by ItBites
... I have performed the required research and have verified it does not meet the Mil Spec criteria for determining material composition and is therefore not usable for my applications ...
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That's where the disconnect is, Mil Spec criteria is NA for this application of determining metal composition ... we don't shoot '65 cobras into space. Obviously a portable metal spectrometer has a "market" or they wouldn't make it, and perfectly suitable for the purposes discussed here (probably more accurate than the spec sheet coming from the raw stock metal supplier in '65). For a guy that's been in the aerospace biz for 24 years, you ought to know ground support equipment comes from suppliers typically following best commercial practices with an acceptable QMS, Mil Spec requirements have no place here.