As part of the mission of the ABA, the acquisition of knowledge through scientific testing is paramount. The goal is to put bimetals into applications sure to function safely and as designed. Through independent testing, our members are as dedicated to ruling out those subpar applications, as they are in commercializing the truly revolutionary ones. Only through scientific testing can an application's usefulness be measured. Here are but a few examples of the high degree of knowledge acquired through researching the facts.