48 CFR § 252.225-7008 - 252.225-7008 Restriction on Acquisition of Specialty Metals.

---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s252.225-7008"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 252.225-7008 - 252.225-7008   Restriction on Acquisition of Specialty Metals."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "252.225-7008"
section_name: "252.225-7008   Restriction on Acquisition of Specialty Metals."
chapter_number: 2
chapter_name: "DEFENSE ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "CLAUSES AND FORMS"
part_number: "252"
part_name: "SOLICITATION PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT CLAUSES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR chapter 1."
regulatory_source: "56 FR 36479, July 31, 1991, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "252"
---


# 252.225-7008 252.225-7008   Restriction on Acquisition of Specialty Metals.

As prescribed in 225.7003-5(a)(1), use the following clause:

****Restriction on Acquisition of Specialty Metals (MAR 2013)

(a) *Definitions.* As used in this clause—

*Alloy* means a metal consisting of a mixture of a basic metallic element and one or more metallic, or non-metallic, alloying elements.

(i) For alloys named by a single metallic element (*e.g.,* titanium alloy), it means that the alloy contains 50 percent or more of the named metal (by mass).

(ii) If two metals are specified in the name (*e.g.,* nickel-iron alloy), those metals are the two predominant elements in the alloy, and together they constitute 50 percent or more of the alloy (by mass).

*Produce* means—

(i) Atomization;

(ii) Sputtering; or

(iii) Final consolidation of non-melt derived metal powders.

*Specialty metal* means—

(i) Steel—

(A) With a maximum alloy content exceeding one or more of the following limits: Manganese, 1.65 percent; silicon, 0.60 percent; or copper, 0.60 percent; or

(B) Containing more than 0.25 percent of any of the following elements: Aluminum, chromium, cobalt, molybdenum, nickel, niobium (columbium), titanium, tungsten, or vanadium;

(ii) Metal alloys consisting of—

(A) Nickel or iron-nickel alloys that contain a total of alloying metals other than nickel and iron in excess of 10 percent; or

(B) Cobalt alloys that contain a total of alloying metals other than cobalt and iron in excess of 10 percent;

(iii) Titanium and titanium alloys; or

(iv) Zirconium and zirconium alloys.

*Steel* means an iron alloy that includes between .02 and 2 percent carbon and may include other elements.

(b) Any specialty metal delivered under this contract shall be melted or produced in the United States or its outlying areas.

****(End of clause)

[74 FR 37639, July 29, 2009, as amended at 78 FR 18879, Mar. 28, 2013]