ZIRCALOY (ZIRCONIUM ALLOY) POWDER TO BE MANUFACTURED BY A MECHANICAL ATTRITION OR A HYDRIDE/DEHYDRIDE PROCESS, FOR USE IN REACTORS. THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE FINAL PRODUCT SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS: TIN: 1.20% - 1.70% IRON: 0.07% - 0.20% CHROMIUM: 0.05% - 0.15% NICKEL: 0.03% - 0.08% FE+CR+NI: 0.18% - 0.38% ZIRCONIUM: BALANCE THE IMPURITY LEVELS IN THE FINISHED PRODUCT SHALL NOT EXCEED THE FOLLOWING LIMITS (SEE ADDITIONAL INFORMATIN FOR MATERIAL COMPOSITION): NO PARTICLE SHALL BE LARGER THAN 250 MICRONS. THE AVERAGE BULK DENSITY SHALL BE NO LESS THAN 2.5 G/CM3 WHEN DETERMINED BY THE METHOD COVERED BY ASTM B 212. THE ZIRCALOY POWDER SHALL BE PACKAGED IN A NON-CONTAMINATING MEDIUM AND SEALED UNDER MOISTURE FREE INERT GAS OF SUCH QUALITY THAT THE REQUIREMENTS OF PRODUCT ARE MAINTAINED DURING SHIPMENT AND STORAGE.

CLASSIFICATION HAS BEEN DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING:- GENERAL INTERPRETATIVE RULES (GIR)S GIR 1 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THIS PRODUCT BY THE TERMS OF HEADING 8109 - ZIRCONIUM AND ARTICLES THEREOF, INCLUDING WASTE AND SCRAP GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL 8109.20 - UNWROUGHT ZIRCONIUM; POWDERS TARIC CODE 8109200090 - OTHER THAN NON-ALLOY ZIRCONIUM, IN THE FORM OF INGOTS, CONTAINING BY WEIGHT MORE THAN 0,01 % OF HAFNIUM, FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF TUBES FOR THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH HSEN NOTE 8( A) TO SECTION XV HSEN'S GENERAL NOTE TO CHAPTER 81.09