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works, what it delivers, and the works, what delivers,
value for both professionals and value both professionals
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NDE won’t come from working NDE won’t come from working
alone. They require meaningful alone. They require meaningful
partnerships among researchersresearchers partnerships among
and practitioners from related practitioners from related
disciplines. At this year’s ASNT disciplines. year’s ASNT
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Mechanics Review Applied Science and Technology
Index Corrosion Abstracts Current Contents Engineering,
Computing, &Technology Engineered Materials
Abstracts Engineering Index Essential Science Indicators
Exploration and Production Health, Safety &Environment
INI S Atomindex INSPEC (Engineering Village)
International Petroleum Abstracts ISMEC, Mechanical
Engineering Abstracts Journal Citation Reports Materials
Business File PASCAL Science Abstracts Science
Citation Index Expanded Scopus Semantic Scholar Solid
State and Superconductivity Abstracts Transportation
Research Information Services and Web of Science.
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asnt.org are trademarks of the American Society
for Nondestructive Testing Inc. ACCP, ASNT, ASNT
Daily, Chat NDT with ASNT, Level III Study Guide,
Materials Evaluation, Nondestructive Testing
Handbook, Research in Nondestructive Evaluation,
and RNDE are registered trademarks of the
American Society for Nondestructive Testing Inc.
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01970 website copyright.com. A fee code (0025-
5327/97/$2.50/0) should be used in transactions with
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