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Introduction ........................................................................................ 4
Review of Criteria ............................................................................... 5
Assumptions/References ..................................................................... 9
Scope ................................................................................................. 10
Qualification Summary ...................................................................... 16
Nomographs ....................................................................................... 21
National Industrial Scale Association ................................................ 30
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