National Stock Number
6850-00-249-8021
National Stock Number (NSN) 6850-00-249-8021, or NIIN 002498021, (wetting agent) was assigned January 1, 1963 in the Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS). This NIIN is Available for Manual Assignment. This NSN replaces 1 stock number, 6850002649042.
There are 3 manufacturer part numbers associated with this NSN. 2 of those 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.
This part number has been procured by the US Government within the last year, but shows no recent (last 90 days) procurement activity. 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: SPE4A725FZ47S. The total value of the awarded contracts has been US$ 723.03.
Based on a planned procurement review by the Primary Inventory Control Activity (PICA) on Apr 23, 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 Government does not have adequate data, lacks rights to data, or both, needed to purchase this part from additional sources. Valid AMCs: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
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 6850002498021 does not contain precious metals.
This information was last updated on Aug 01, 2025.