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Review of Criteria ............................................................................... 5

Assumptions/References ..................................................................... 9

Scope ................................................................................................. 10

Qualification Summary ...................................................................... 16

Nomographs ....................................................................................... 21

National Industrial Scale Association ................................................ 30

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