A thin flat metal or plastic item of various peripheral shapes having a solid or laminated cross-section. It is designed to maintain a predetermined distance between two surfaces. For round items without a hole and having a solid rectangular cross-section use disk, solid, plain. Items with either (1) a solid (not laminated) cross-section, or (2) a non-separable laminated cross-section with one hole centrally located, must have a thickness less than 0.006 inch (0.152 mm) for items less than 1/4 inch (6.35 mm) outside diameter or shortest distance across peripheral flats, and less than 0.016 inch (0.406 mm) for items 1/4 inch (6.35 mm) or more outside diameter, or shortest distance across peripheral flats. for items with thickness greater than those indicated above, see spacer, plate; washer, flat and spacer, ring. when thickness and/or outside diameter or shortest distance across peripheral flats is designated as a tolerance dimension, the maximum dimension will be used to determine compliance. See also shim stock, laminated; shim stock assortment, gasket; and bearing, washer, thrust.
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Brazil 
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Greece 
Turkey Classification: Other articles of copper, nesoi
NSN 5915-01-079-1093
NSN 5965-01-542-8510
NSN 6650-01-277-1858
NSN 5835-01-106-1456
NSN 5910-01-104-3917
NSN 5999-01-588-1251
NSN 5925-01-428-3420
NSN 5930-01-600-4872
NSN 6320-01-220-2264
NSN 6220-01-543-2443
NSN 5895-00-596-1729
NSN 5996-01-206-4104