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Steel composition analysis. where?
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Your questions are totally dependant on where in the world you're located. It would have to fill out your profile so folks would know.
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Fastenal, was around $75 last time I did it https://www.fastenal.com/en/13/a2la-accredited-calibration-lab-testing
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I haven't used them, because a friend does it for free for me, but http://www.atlastesting.com/ is only $25-$50 per sample last I checked
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I had 5 samples tested at Peter's Heat Treating. Can't remember the price, but it wasn't bad.
What was interesting is the samples were titanium alloys, and the testing equipment didn't read aluminum, showing it as an unknown element. I could deduce that the unknown was aluminum because I knew what two of the samples were before testing. I assume it's because the tester is designed for iron alloys, and afaik aluminum isn't used as an alloying element in steels. The tests did show all other elements present.
What was interesting is the samples were titanium alloys, and the testing equipment didn't read aluminum, showing it as an unknown element. I could deduce that the unknown was aluminum because I knew what two of the samples were before testing. I assume it's because the tester is designed for iron alloys, and afaik aluminum isn't used as an alloying element in steels. The tests did show all other elements present.