MIL-C-5541 Specification: Important Update on Replacements

Summary for mil-c-5541 specification Discussion

MIL-C-5541 is the focus keyphrase here, and the thread is mainly a request for a copy of the specification. Ken Nguyen asked whether anyone could provide MIL-C-5541, saying he would download it or have it mailed to him. In response, Tim Martin noted that the spec was being replaced, or was in the process of being replaced, by an SAE specification, AMSC5541. The excerpt also indicates that the latest version is MIL-DTL-5541, suggesting the older MIL-C designation is outdated. No detailed technical discussion of the coating itself appears in the excerpt; the practical takeaway is that readers should look for the newer MIL-DTL-5541 or related SAE replacement rather than relying on the older document.

Q. Dear Ladies/Gentlemen, I need some help. I am looking for to get a spec: MIL-C-5541 If anyone has that copy. Please let me know, I may download it or mail to me one, I really appreciate it.

Ken Nguyen
– Hawthorne, California
1999

A. The spec is now being replaced, or in the process of, with an SAE specification AMSC5541.

Tim Martin
plating shop – Springfield, Massachusetts
1999

A. The latest version, MIL-DTL-5541
[⇦ this spec on DLA]
, can be downloaded here:


www.assistdocs.com/search/document_details.cfm?ident_number=5499&StartRow=1&PaginatorPageNumb=1&doc%5Fid=MIL%2DC%2D5541&status%5Fall=ON&search%5Fmethod=BASIC


Andrejs Adamovics
– Stockton, California, USA

Ed. note: Sorry, DLA moved again so Andrejs’ URL is no longer valid, but we keep the hotlink’s current.


Q. I am trying to find MIL-C-5541 on the web with no luck. Any idea how I can get a copy?

Gary Kilgore
– Southfield, Michigan, USA
2007
April 10, 2012

Ed. note: Your inquiry is now linked to where it can be downloaded for free from DLA, and a commercial source it’s available from as well.

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