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ASTM F86-01

Please let me know if I can passivate Titanium 6AL-4V ELI that is supposed to be passivate per ASTM F86 with QQ-P-35C [link is to free spec at Defense Logistics Agency, dla.mil] Type II or ASTM A967 ? The product in question is medical.
Thank you,

Denise H [last name deleted for privacy by Editor]
- Corona, California, USA
2007

A. The honorable and quality minded thing to do would be to contact ASTM and purchase a copy of F86. It takes about 10 minutes over the internet and you'll have a copy to compare the 2 documents. It's your company who will have to "certify" that the parts have indeed been processed and tested in accordance with ASTM F86. Are you really asking a public forum to say it's OK to substitute one process or specification for another when it comes to medical parts? Why don't you ask your corporate attorney about this?

Milt Stevenson, Jr.
Syracuse, New York

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