THE PRODUCT CONSISTS OF A POWDER OR "GRANULES" MADE OF CERMET PARTICLES. THE CERMET IS MADE FROM TUNGSTEN CARBIDE CERAMIC WITH AN ADDITION OF 5% TO 15% METAL MATRIX. THE METAL MATRIX CAN BE COBALT, CHROMIUM, NICKEL OR A MIX OF THESE. THE CERMET PRODUCT IS MANUFACTURED BY SINTERING, FOLLOWED BY CRUSHING TO OBTAIN IRREGULAR AND BLOCKY PARTICLES. THESE PARTICLES ARE SORTED TO OBTAIN DIFFERENT SIZE RANGES, TYPICALLY FROM 0.1 TO 10 MILLIMETERS. THE PRODUCT IS USED IN WELDING AND BRAZING APPLICATIONS AND IS CLASSIFIED AS AN UNWROUGHT CERMET.

GENERAL RULES 1 AND 6 FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF THE COMBINED NOMENCLATURE SECTION ND CHAPTER NOTES TO SECTION XV & CHAPTER 81 TEXT TO NOTES 8113, 8113002090