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APPLICATION:

To provide users of Aerospace Material Specifications (AMS), Aerospace Material documents (AMD), and other specifications in which this specification is referenced, quality assurance procedures which may be used to determine conformance of wrought corrosion and heat resistant alloy products, except forging, to applicable specifications for such materials.

Omission form this specification of confirmatory tests of certain material properties or attributes controlled by the applicable specification for a material does not relieve the vendor of responsibility for furnishing materials which conform in all respects to the applicable specification for a material.

In the event of a conflict between the requirements specified herein and the requirements of a particular specification for a material, the following rules shall apply:

When the requirements of the material specification are more stringent, they shall take precedence.

When the requirements of this AMS are more stringent, they shall take precedence.

If any tests mentioned in Table I are not required by the material specification, they shall not be considered a requirement.

When instructions are issued by the purchaser regarding quality assurance sampling procedures, such instructions shall take precedence over the requirements of either this specification or the particular specification in which this specification is invoked.