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I was told by my QA T-current and T-max,

Posted By: SM on 2007-01-15
In Reply to: T current and T max? - Cheeks

Subject: I was told by my QA T-current and T-max,

but someone else may have a different opinion. If the account I am doing is not verbatim then I transcribe current temperature and maximum temperature because I consider those terms to be slang. Again, others may have different opinions but I haven't had any complaints.


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