National Stock Number
6850-00-105-5658
National Stock Number (NSN) 6850-00-105-5658, or NIIN 001055658, (wetting agent) was assigned July 12, 1968 in the Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS). This NSN does not replace any other NSNs.
There is only one manufacturer part number associated with this NSN. None of the associated part number(s) are considered obsolete. The manufacturer part numbers were originally supplied by one supplier. Today, there are no suppliers listed as an Active supplier for this NSN. Of the active suppliers, there are no suppliers that are deemed design controlled or valid supply parts.
This part number has not been procured by the US Government in over 5 years.
Based on a planned procurement review by the Primary Inventory Control Activity (PICA) on Apr 02, 1991, this NSN's acquisition method was noted as: Not established. Not established.
This NSN is assigned to Item Name Code (INC) 06705. [AN ORGANIC SURFACE-ACTIVE CHEMICAL WHICH FACILITATES THE WETTING OF A SUBSTANCE BY VIRTUE OF ITS ABILITY TO LOWER THE INTERFACIAL TENSION BETWEEN A LIQUID AND THE MATERIAL TO BE WETTED. IT MAY HAVE CLEANSING PROPERTIES BY REASON OF ITS ABILITY TO WET, AND TO EMULSIFY OR DISPERSE SOIL. IT INCLUDES DETERGENTS, EMULSIFIERS, PENETRANTS AND DISPERSING AGENTS. DO NOT USE FOR COMPOUNDED DETERGENTS BUILT AROUND WETTING AGENTS, AS DEFINED ABOVE. WHEN OF A SINGLE SPECIFIC CHEMICAL, USE SPECIFIC CHEMICAL NAME. EXCLUDES:DETERGENT, LAUNDRY AND SOAP (AS MODIFIED).]. This item does not have a nuclear hardened feature or any other critical feature such as tolerance, fit restriction or application. Information is in the Hazardous Materials Information Resource System (HMIRS). NSN 6850001055658 does not contain precious metals.
This information was last updated on Jul 01, 2025.