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Fabrication is the practice of inventing data or results and recording and/or reporting them in the research record. Both of these schemes are probably among the most serious offenses in scientific research as they challenge the credibility of everyone and everything involved in a research effort.
When discussing the definition of metal fabrication, it helps to understand that metal is one of the most common types of raw material used in the manufacturing industry. The basic metal fabrication process forms, shapes and joins metal together through the removal or deformation of the material. Sheet metal stock has a thickness of between 0.006 and 0.25 inches, as compared to thinner metal called foil, and a thicker material called a plate.