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We have just bought a new Oxford Instruments spectrometer for analysing different metals. Incredibly easy to use, but I never thought it would be so difficult to get hold of the certified standard material samples used to calibrate the machine before tests.
There are only a few places in China allowed by the government to officially certify materials so basically they can charge what they want for the samples as they have a monopoly. The material samples are probably going to end up costing as much as the machine itself - luckily the boss doesn't know yet.
That aside I have been having a lot of fun playing with it and making sure stuff we made in the past was what it was supposed to be - all good on that front so far.
There are only a few places in China allowed by the government to officially certify materials so basically they can charge what they want for the samples as they have a monopoly. The material samples are probably going to end up costing as much as the machine itself - luckily the boss doesn't know yet.
That aside I have been having a lot of fun playing with it and making sure stuff we made in the past was what it was supposed to be - all good on that front so far.