National Stock Number
6850-00-579-8491
National Stock Number (NSN) 6850-00-579-8491, or NIIN 005798491, (cleaning compound,optical lens) was assigned January 1, 1961 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.
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) 15607. [A CLEANER WHICH IS COMPOUNDED FOR THE REMOVAL OF FOREIGN MATTER FROM OPTICAL GLASS. THE MATERIAL IS ENTIRELY FREE FROM ANY SILICEOUS MATERIAL OR OTHER INJURIOUS ELEMENTS WHICH MAY EFFECT THE CLARITY OR THE COLOR OF THE LENS, THE LENS COATING, OR THE LENS MOUNTS AND CEMENTS. EXCLUDES:CHEMICALS KNOWN BY MORE SPECIFIC NAMES. SEE ALSO GLASS.CLEANER.]. 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 I of Federal Standard 313 and an MSDS should be available to the user. NSN 6850005798491 does not contain precious metals.
This NSN is associated to Schedule B 3405400000: scouring pastes and powders and other scouring preparations. The Schedule B End Use is listed as other consumer nondurables. NAICS classification category 325611: soap and other detergent manufacturing.
This information was last updated on Aug 01, 2025.