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Re: Average or Minimum Shell Thickness

From: JoeTank [24] 2 Stars
Date: Saturday, February 16, 2008
Time: 8:46:38 PM
Remote Name: 68.57.107.183

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API653 is quite unclear on this so you will often see slight variations on the evaluation. If the shell is corroded over large areas, the min value is no more correct than the avererage. Further inspection or a statistical evaluation may give more representative value.

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