National Stock Number
6685-00-269-4892
National Stock Number (NSN) 6685-00-269-4892, or NIIN 002694892, (temperature indicating compound) was assigned January 1, 1963 in the Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS). NIIN 002694892 was cancelled on April 2, 2013, with a cancelled status of "Item is Cancelled as Duplicate." This NSN was replaced by NSN 6685012803702. This NSN replaces 1 stock number, 6685002559522.
There are 6 manufacturer part numbers associated with this NSN. 3 of those part number(s) are considered obsolete. The manufacturer part numbers were originally supplied by 5 suppliers. Today, 3 suppliers are listed as Active suppliers for this NSN. Of the active suppliers, 2 suppliers are deemed design controlled or valid supply parts.
This part number has not been procured by the US Government in over 5 years, with the most recent procurement date of Apr 24, 2010. There has been one contract issued for this part number, with one award given. The US Government has only awarded those contracts to one supplier. The last contract numbers awarded were: SPM4A410V2928. The total value of the awarded contracts has been US$ 146.80.
This NSN is somewhat common among different platforms, belonging to 5 different weapons systems.
There has been very little demand for this national stock number. The demand for this NSN originated from less than 5 countries. Based on a planned procurement review by the Primary Inventory Control Activity (PICA) on Apr 25, 2020, this NSN's acquisition method was noted as: Suitable for Competitive Acquisition. (Potential sources shall include dealers/distributors.) The annual buy value of this part falls below the screening threshold of $10,000 but it has been screened for known source(s). (NOTE: This code shall not be used when screening parts entering the inventory. It shall not be assigned in preference to or supersede any other AMSC.) Valid AMCs: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
This NSN is assigned to Item Name Code (INC) 16517. [A TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE MATERIAL WITH PREDETERMINED MELTING POINT. IT IS USED TO INDICATE WHEN A PREDESIGNATED TEMPERATURE IS REACHED IN SUCH PROCESSES AS HEAT TREATING, WELDING, AND MOLDING.]. Information is in the Hazardous Materials Information Resource System (HMIRS). NSN 6685002694892 does not contain precious metals.
This information was last updated on Aug 01, 2025.