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Purpose

The purpose of this Handbook is to describe guideline procedures and processes that will help mitigate the procurement of nonconforming wrought titanium (Ti) alloys for National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) flight applications. These guidelines may be tailored to the program applications to obtain the most cost-effective, best quality product.

Applicability

This Handbook is applicable to NASA Centers and NASA programs utilizing wrought Ti alloys for flight hardware, mission-critical ground support equipment, and elements thereof. This Handbook is approved for use by NASA Headquarters and NASA Centers, including Component Facilities and Technical and Service Support Centers. This Handbook may also apply to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) or to other contractors, grant recipients, or parties to agreements only to the extent specified or referenced in their contracts, grants, or agreements.

This Handbook, or portions thereof, may be referenced in contract, program, and other Agency documents for guidance. When this Handbook contains procedural or process requirements, they may be cited in contract, program, and other Agency documents for guidance.

Beginning in section 3, this Handbook includes quotes from Ti standards and specifications from various organizations and agencies, and the quoted material may contain "shall" statements. These "shall" statements are not requirements levied by this Handbook but by the quoted organization/agency and are included in this Handbook as guidance/reference information only. The "shall" statements in section 2 of this Handbook are NASA Technical Standard Program Office requirements regarding use of documents applicable to this Handbook.