Thank for your input.
**redpicker, I didn't mean to be condescending. And I learn things everyday, thanks.
The material in question is 304(UNS S30400)
Thanks again, I'll get a copy of the ASTM A751 straight away.
Thank you all for your inputs.
I have used both Solid Works and Inventor. I prefer Inventor only because I have lots of hours in it. I use the professional 2011 now and find the FEA pretty good as only for a first review of the stress analysis while using math and then maybe a test to be completely safe. Inventor is a memory...
I have rejected parts for material composition.
The material requirement for purchasing was to ASTM A276. The certification for the chemical composition also lists
Mo (.235), Cu (.249), Co (.201) which are not listed as allowable within the ASTM A276, table 1.(Other Elements)
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