90-10 Share Program

The 90/10 Share Program

In the same spirit of cooperation that has become the very foundation of ARMI's efforts to develop new CRMs in the private sector, in May of 1990, the

Company launched its "90/10 Share Program."  Although many materials are quite common, spectrochemical standards for these materials are

frequently non-existent.  The 90/10 Program was created to solve this all to common problem.

The 90/10 Program is a very simple and cost effective service offered by ARMI allowing the Company (which is a leading producer of CRMs) to work

together with the scientific community by sharing the task, as well as the costs, of developing new commercially available CRMs.

Here is how it works!  The customer furnishes ARMI with the material of the specific alloy, usually in the form of round bar stock.  The bar stock needs

to be a minimum of 1.25" outside diameter and a 1.5" outside diameter is ideal.  The overall length should be at least 10 to 12 feet.  Forms other than bar

stock are acceptable as long as the quantity is sufficient for the sampling that is required for the laboratories' examinations.  The material is then processed

through ARMI's ILAP for certification as a CRM.  Approximately 15% to 20% of the material is expended in the analysis process.  After certification,

10% of the remaining material is returned to the customer in any form desired (OES solids, chips, X-Ray discs, etc.) and ARMI retains the balance for

sale commercially.

The only cost to the customer is the cost of the material.  ARMI has well-established vendors for most alloy materials and will also assist in the location

and acquisition of the base stock material.

That's all there is to it!  By working together, we make available a new CRM, traceable to NIST, for the scientific community.