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[Roy Wilson]

On Wed, 03 Apr 2002 08:42:33 -0600, Dave Brown wrote:

>And how about those guys who sell "Pure Iron", that isn't exactly 
>pure, close but not quite pure.? 

  "Purity" is a percentage of contamination, usually set by
consensus.  Since there's only one group making "Pure Iron", they
set the limit(s).  As an example, you can label chocolate products
"pure chocolate" if they contain less than EIGHTY PERCENT PARAFFIN.

  Now, if they were selling "Elemental Iron", that'd be another
story.  And useless to a smith, to boot.<G>



Roy Wilson
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