National Stock Number (NSN) 6685-01-176-8623, or NIIN 011768623, (indicator,humidity,card) was assigned April 17, 1984 in the Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS). This NIIN is Available for Manual Assignment. This NSN does not replace any other NSNs.
There are 2 manufacturer part numbers associated with this NSN. None of the associated part number(s) are considered obsolete. The manufacturer part numbers were originally supplied by 2 suppliers. Today, 2 suppliers are listed as Active suppliers 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 been procured by the US Government within the last year, but shows no recent (last 90 days) procurement activity. There have been 28 contracts issued for this part number, with 32 awards given. The US Government has only awarded those contracts to one supplier. The last contract numbers awarded were: SPE4A625F6950, SPE4A625F2388, SPE4A624F290D, SPE4A624F5342, SPE4A623F226S. The total value of the awarded contracts has been US$ 337,206.97.
This NSN is fairly common among different weapons systems, belonging to 13 different platforms.
There has been a small amount of 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 Jun 17, 2008, 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 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) 13474. [AN ITEM WHICH USES THE CHANGING COLOR OF A DESICCANT IN THE PRESENCE OF MOISTURE TO INDICATE HUMIDITY. A NUMBER OF DESICCANTS ARE APPLIED IN THE FORM OF SQUARES, CIRCLES AND THE LIKE, TO ABSORBENT PAPER. EACH DESICCANT SPOT IS GENERALLY LABELED WITH A RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUE IN PERCENTAGE, AN INSTRUCTION, OR SOME OTHER APPROPRIATE LEGEND.]. 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 6685011768623 does not contain precious metals.
This NSN is associated to Schedule B 9025805050: hydrometers and similar floating instruments,hygrometers and psychrometers, nesoi. The Schedule B End Use is listed as measuring, testing, control instruments. NAICS classification category 334519: other measuring and controlling device manufacturing.
This information was last updated on Jul 01, 2025.