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Back to Basics: Tap Test: Evolution of an Old Technique, David K. Hsum Daniel J. Barnard and Dennis P. Roach,
ME, Vol. 67, No. 7, July 2009, pp. 785-791.
Back to Basics: Technique for Producing Test Plates with Fine Tight Cracks, R.W. Kruzic and Charles N. Sherlock,
ME, Vol. 43, No. 9, August 1985, p. 1044 Errata, ME, Vol. 44, No. 6, May 1986, p. 606.
Back to Basics: Terminating the Attenuator, John W. Orner, ME, Vol. 37, No. 10, September 1979, p. 28.
Back to Basics: Test Rigs for Magnetic Flux Leakage Inspection Tools for Pipelines, David D. Mackintosh, David L.
Atherton, Patrick C. Porter and Albert Teitsma, ME, Vol. 50, No. 1, January 1992, pp. 13–17.
Back to Basics: Testing for Adhesive Bonding: The Problem, the Solution and the Nationwide Fix, Emmanuel
Papadakis, ME, Vol. 58, No. 9, September 2000, pp. 1031-1034.
Back to Basics: Testing Visual Acuity with the Jaeger Eye Chart, S.L. Weatherly, ME, Vol. 60, No. 8, August 2002,
pp. 928-929.
Back to Basics: The Art of Borescope Photography, W.J. Lang, ME, Vol. 45, No. 12, December 1987, pp. 1361–
1362, 1364.
Back to Basics: The Basic Food Chain: From Research to Commercialization, Emmanuel P. Papadakis, ME, Vol. 62,
No. 1, January 2004, pp. 29-30.
Back to Basics: The Basics of Liquid Penetrant Testing, Frank A. Iddings, ME, Vol. 44, No. 12, November 1986, p.
1364.
Back to Basics: The Basics of Visual Testing, Frank A. Iddings, ME, Vol. 62, No. 5, May 2004, pp. 500-501.
Back to Basics: The Case for Eye Test Standardization, William H. Bailey, ME, Vol. 40, No. 8, July 1982, pp. 826–
829.
Back to Basics: The Department of Energy Perspective on Isotope Production in the United States, John S. Carty,
ME, Vol. 53, No. 11, November 1995, pp. 1239–1240.
Back to Basics: The Effect of Mechanical Paint Removal on the Detectability of Cracks by Visual, Magnetic Particle
and Liquid Dye Penetrant Testing, William Steve Burkle and B.K. Fraser, ME, Vol. 45, No. 8, August 1987, pp.
874–875.
Back to Basics: The Equivalency of Vision Acuity Exams for NDT Personnel, Stan Weatherly, ME, Vol. 65, No. 3,
March 2007, pp. 289-290.
Back to Basics: The Evolution of Magnetic Particle Materials Follows Industry Needs, Deborah A. Shreve and
William C. Chedister, ME, Vol. 53, No. 8, August 1995, pp. 883–884.
Back to Basics: The Fluorescent Penetrant Hydrophilic Remover Process (Part 1), Bernard W. Boisvert, Grover
Hardy, John F. Dorgan and Ronald H. Selner, ME, Vol. 41, No. 1, January 1983, pp. 34, 36, 38, 40–42.
Back to Basics: The Fluorescent Penetrant Hydrophilic Remover Process (Part 2), Bernard W. Boisvert, Grover
Hardy, John F. Dorgan and Ronald H. Selner, ME, Vol. 41, No. 2, February 1983, pp. 134–137.
Back to Basics: The Importance of Visual Examination in NDT Application, R.V. Johnson, ME, Vol. 42, No. 1, January
1984, p. 16.
Back to Basics: The Influence of Ambient Temperature Changes on Angle-Beam Ultrasonic Testing of Steel, John
A. Brunk, ME, Vol. 46, No. 9, August 1988, pp. 1148–1152.
Back to Basics: The Inspection of Wire Ropes in Service: A Critical Review, Herbert R. Weischedel, ME, Vol. 43,
No. 13, December 1985, pp. 1592–1594, 1596–1597, 1599–1602, 1604–1605.
Back to Basics: The Intermediate Fill Factor Equation as Used in Longitudinal Magnetization for Magnetic Particle
Testing, Billy L. Dunckley, ME, Vol. 58, No. 12, December 2000, pp. 1361-1370.
Back to Basics: The International Standards System and NDT, Tom Siewert, ME, Vol. 57, No. 12, December 1999,
pp. 1225-1230.
Back to Basics: The International System (SI) of Units in Gamma-Radiographic Inspection, Pierre Lahure, ME, Vol.
43, No. 8, July 1985, pp. 920–921 Errata, ME, Vol. 43, No. 12, November 1985, p. 1484.
Back to Basics: The Magnetic Stripe Card: An Innovative Tool for Magnetic Particle Bath Control, William C.
Chedister, ME, Vol. 54, No. 10, October 1996, pp. 1072, 1074.
Back to Basics: The NDT Reference Standard, Laura D. Cox and Ken W. Hammer, ME, Vol. 46, No. 6, May 1988,
pp. 702–704.
Back to Basics: The Need for Integrating DC Downcycle Demagnetization into Magnetic Particle Testing, Paul I.
Nippes and Elizabeth Galano, ME, Vol. 58, No. 3, March 2000, pp. 365-368.
Back to Basics: The Nondestructive Testing Workplace, Robert V. Johnson, ME, Vol. 50, No. 8, August 1992, pp.
926–927.
Back to Basics: The Present and Future in Ultrasonic Testing, V.K. Sinha and K.M. Khanna, ME, Vol. 38, No. 6, June
1980, p. 14.
Back to Basics: The Present and Future of Eddy Current Testing, Robert C. McMaster, ME, Vol. 43, No. 12,
November 1985, pp. 1512–1516, 1518–1521.
Back to Basics: The Present and Future of Eddy Current Testing, Robert C. McMaster, ME, Vol. 60, No. 1, January
2002, pp. 27-37.
Back to Basics: The Radiographer’s Eye, Arthur Hoff, ME, Vol. 57, No. 1, January 1999, p. 33.
Back to Basics: The Remote-Field Transition Zone, Thomas R. Schmidt, David L. Atherton and Sean Sullivan, ME,
Vol. 47, No. 9, September 1989, pp. 969–972, 974–976, 978–979.
Back to Basics: The Role of Model Based Inversion, R. Bruce Thompson, ME, Vol. 66, No. 7, July 2008, pp. 707-
712.
Back to Basics: The Role of Nondestructive Testing in Aircraft Damage Tolerance, Dale L. Ball, ME, Vol. 61, No. 7,
July 2003, pp. 814-818.
Back to Basics: The Role of Standards in Today’s Society, Eric T. Everett, ME, Vol. 59, No. 11, November 2001, pp.
1279-1280.
Back to Basics: The Six Phases of a Project, Alan Hipkiss, ME, Vol. 41, No. 7, June 1983, pp. 770–771.

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Back to Basics: The Ultrasonic Leak Detector: What Every Engineer Should Know, Gerald L. Anderson, ME, Vol.
42, No. 11, October 1984, pp. 1298–1302.
Back to Basics: The Ultrasonic Test Probe, Frank A. Iddings and Mark L. Rock, ME, Vol. 41, No. 12, November 1983,
pp. 1338–1339.
Back to Basics: The Usage of Endpieces to Create the Length to Diameter Ratio, S.L. Weatherly, ME, Vol. 64, No.
4, April 2006, pp. 378-379.
Back to Basics: The Use of a Personal Computer to Extract Information from Pulsed Eddy Current Tests, C.J.
Renken, ME, Vol. 59, No. 3, March 2001, pp. 356-360.
Back to Basics: The Use of Eddy Current for Ferritic Weld Testing in Nuclear Power Plants, Lawrence Goldberg,
ME, Vol. 61, No. 12, December 2003, pp. 1274-1278.
Back to Basics: The Use of Known Discontinuity Standards, Israel Vasquez, ME, Vol. 60, No. 2, February 2002, pp.
141-145.
Back to Basics: The Use of Ultrasonic Testing as a Diagnostic Method in Pregnancy, Dan Brasel, ME, Vol. 40, No.
1, January 1982, pp. 20, 22–24.
Back to Basics: The X-Ray Generating System, Richard S. Peugeot, ME, Vol. 49, No. 6, June 1991, pp. 676, 679–
683.
Back to Basics: Theoretical and Practical Considerations of Microfocus Radiography, Richard S. Peugeot, ME, Vol.
40, No. 2, February 1982, pp. 150, 152.
Back to Basics: Thermography for Power Generation and Distribution, Andrew C. Teich, ME, Vol. 50, No. 6, June
1992, pp. 658, 660, 662.
Back to Basics: Thermography of Composites, Steven M. Shepard, ME, Vol. 65, No. 7, July 2007, pp. 690-696.
Back to Basics: Think Multifrequency, L. de la Pintiere, ME, Vol. 43, No. 2, February 1985, pp. 152, 154.
Back to Basics: Three Philosophies: Recalls, Statistics and NDT, Emmanuel P. Papadakis, ME, Vol. 61, No. 8, August
2003, pp. 900-902.
Back to Basics: Time of Flight Diffraction and Acceptance Criteria: A Perfect Team, J.A. Dijkstra, J.E. Deraad and T.
Bouma, ME, Vol. 56, No. 3, March 1998, p. 396.
Back to Basics: Tips on Test-Taking, Frank A. Iddings, ME, Vol. 55, No. 3, March 1997, pp. 355–356.
Back to Basics: Tomography, Frank A. Iddings, ME, Vol. 40, No. 12, November 1982, pp. 1212–1213.
Back to Basics: Trends Affecting Penetrant Specifications and Standards: Beyond 2000, Ronald G. Sherwin and
Patrick DuBosc, ME, Vol. 55, No. 8, August 1997, pp. 864–870.
Back to Basics: Troubleshooting with Failure Modes and Effects Analysis, Emmanuel Papadakis, ME, Vol. 58, No.
4, April 2000, pp. 529-530.
Back to Basics: Ultrasonic Inspection of Explosion Welded Titanium Clad Plate, Stuart Kleven, ME, Vol. 54, No. 5,
May 1996, pp. 557–560.
Back to Basics: Ultrasonic Inspection of Oil Country Tubular Goods, Glen W. Pont, ME, Vol. 46, No. 10, September
1988, pp. 1250, 1252–1253.
Back to Basics: Ultrasonic Testing Fundamentals, A.L. Smith, ME, Vol. 36, No. 5, April 1978, pp. 22–31.
Back to Basics: Ultrasonic Testing Fundamentals, A.L. Smith, ME, Vol. 36, No. 7, June 1978, pp. 37–41, 44.
Back to Basics: Ultrasonic Testing of Nozzle Attachment Welds in Pressure Vessels, Charles E. Swanson, ME, Vol.
46, No. 5, April 1988, pp. 566, 568–572.
Back to Basics: Ultrasonic Thickness Measurement of Weathering Steel, D.L. Cartwright, ME, Vol. 53, No. 4, April
1995, pp. 452–456.
Back to Basics: Ultrasonic Wave Propagation Principles in Composite Material Inspection, Joseph L. Rose, ME, Vol.
43, No. 5, April 1985, pp. 481–483.
Back to Basics: Ultrasonics Crossword Puzzle, Jacques L. Brignac, ME, Vol. 39, No. 13, December 1981, pp. 1170–
1171, 1242 Errata, ME, Vol. 40, No. 3, March 1982, p. 249.
Back to Basics: Ultraviolet Photography: A System for the Nonprofessional Photographer, Tim A. Mosher, ME,
Vol. 45, No. 7, July 1987, pp. 778–779, 781.
Back to Basics: Understanding Remote Field Logs, Part 1, T.R. Schmidt and David L. Atherton, ME, Vol. 56, No. 11,
November 1998, pp. 1276–1285.
Back to Basics: Understanding Remote Field Logs, Part 2, T.R. Schmidt and David L. Atherton, ME, Vol. 56, No. 12,
December 1998, pp. 1356–1362.
Back to Basics: Underwater NDT Techniques, K. Sæbjørnsen and O. Førli, ME, Vol. 41, No. 5, April 1983, pp. 503–
504, 506–507.
Back to Basics: Use of Computed Radiology in the Food Industry, Stuart Kleven, ME, Vol. 62, No. 6, June 2004, pp.
580-581.
Back to Basics: Use of DAC Curves and Transfer Lines to Maintain Ultrasonic Test Reference Level Sensitivity,
William Steve Burkle and Vernon H. Isom, ME, Vol. 41, No. 6, May 1983, pp. 624, 626, 628, 630.
Back to Basics: Use of Inductive Ammeters to Ensure Saturation of Tubular Magnetic Materials Using the Internal
Conductor Method, Roderic K. Stanley, ME, Vol. 45, No. 6, June 1987, pp. 594–596, 598 Errata, ME, Vol. 45,
No. 7, July 1987, p. 833.
Back to Basics: Using Eddy Current Testing to Solve Industrial Problems, John Hansen and Ronald B. Peoples, ME,
Vol. 64, No. 6, June 2006, pp. 543-546.
Back to Basics: Using Nondestructive Testing to Prevent Rather Than Expose Defects, Patrick Fiorentino and
Michael Young, ME, Vol. 50, No. 2, February 1992, p. 130.
Back to Basics: UV/Black Light Measurement for NDT, William O. Holden, ME, Vol. 41, No. 3, March 1983, pp.
244, 246, 248–249.
Back to Basics: Vibration Analysis Sensors, Frank A. Iddings, ME, Vol. 55, No. 5, May 1997, pp. 544–545.
Back to Basics: Video Borescopes, Peter G. Lorenz, ME, Vol. 61, No. 9, September 2003, pp. 982-985.