National Stock Number (NSN) 5910-00-257-0838, or NIIN 002570838, (capacitor,fixed,paper dielectric) was assigned January 1, 1963 in the Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS). This NIIN is Available for Manual Assignment. This NSN replaces 3 stock numbers: 2920003586932, 2920009380356, 5910003840745.
There are 7 manufacturer part numbers associated with this NSN. 4 of those part number(s) are considered obsolete. The manufacturer part numbers were originally supplied by 9 suppliers. Today, one supplier is listed as an Active supplier for this NSN. Of the active suppliers, only one supplier is deemed design controlled or valid supply parts. ISO Group has several sources of supply for this NSN.
This part number has not been procured by the US Government in over 5 years.
This NSN is somewhat common among different platforms, belonging to 9 different weapons systems.
Based on a planned procurement review by the Primary Inventory Control Activity (PICA) on Jan 01, 2013, this NSN's acquisition method was noted as: Acquire directly from the actual manufacturer, whether or not the prime contractor is the actual manufacturer. The data or the rights to use the data needed to purchase this part from additional sources are not owned by the Government and it has been determined that it is uneconomical to purchase them. Valid AMCs: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
This NSN is assigned to Item Name Code (INC) 00003. [A CAPACITOR WHOSE CAPACITANCE VALUE CANNOT BE ADJUSTED OR VARIED, HAVING PAPER AS THE DIELECTRIC MATERIAL. IT MAY BE A SINGLE UNIT OR CONSIST OF TWO OR MORE FIXED UNITS WHICH CANNOT BE SEPERATED. FOR ITEMS WHOSE DIELECTRIC MATERIAL CONSIST OF PLASTICIZED (PLASTIC IMPREGNATED) PAPER OR PAPER-PLASTIC COMBINATIONS, SEE CAPACITOR, FIXED, PLASTIC DIELECTRIC. FOR ITEMS WHOSE ELECTRODES CONSIST OF A METALLIC FILM DEPOSITED (METALLIZED) ON THE DIELECTRIC MATERIAL, SEE CAPACITOR, FIXED, METALIZED, PAPER-PLASTIC DIELECTRIC.]. This item does not have a nuclear hardened feature or any other critical feature such as tolerance, fit restriction or application. There is no information in the HMIRS; however, the NSN is in an FSC in Table II of Federal Standard 313 and an MSDS may be required by the user. The requirement for an MSDS is dependent on a hazard determination of the supplier or the intended end use of the product. NSN 5910002570838 contains an unknown precious metal.
This NSN is associated to Schedule B 8532250080: fixed capacitors, dielectric of paper or plastic, nesoi. The Schedule B End Use is listed as electric apparatus.
This information was last updated on Jul 01, 2025.