Should I write which or that?
In American usage, that introduces essential information and takes no commas, while which introduces nonessential information and takes commas. The instruments that failed calibration were replaced identifies which instruments. The instruments, which failed calibration, were replaced says all of them failed.
This comes up on Common Grammar Errors, where it is answered in the context of the work itself.
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