Resaturated pyrolized carbon-carbon components designed for space launch vehicles specified in I.9A.001 or sounding rockets specified in I.9A.005.

N.B.: See also Military Goods Controls for components for rockets and missiles.

Composite structures in the form of tubes and having both of the following characteristics:

N.B.: See also I.9A.011.

1. a.

   An inside diameter of between 75 mm and 400 mm; and

2. b.

   Made with any of the ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’ specified in I.1A.024 or I.1A.034.a. or with carbon prepreg materials specified in I.1A.034.c.

High-density (lead glass or other) radiation shielding windows, having all of the following characteristics, and specially designed frames therefor:

1. a.

   A ‘cold area’ greater than 0,09 m²;

2. b.

   A density greater than 3 g/cm³; and

3. c.

   A thickness of 100 mm or greater.

Technical Notes:

In I.1A.005 the term ‘cold area’ means the viewing area of the window exposed to the lowest level of radiation in the design application.

Equipment for the production of fibres, prepregs, preforms or ‘composites’ specified in I.1A.024, as follows, and specially designed components and accessories therefor:

N.B.: See also I.1A.007 and I.1A.014.

1. a.

   Filament winding machines of which the motions for positioning, wrapping and winding fibres are coordinated and programmed in three or more axes, specially designed for the manufacture of ‘composite’ structures or laminates from ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’;

2. b.*

   Tape-laying machines of which the motions for positioning and laying tape or sheets are coordinated and programmed in two or more axes, specially designed for the manufacture of ‘composite’ airframe or ‘missile’ structures;

   Note: In I.1A.006.b., ‘missile’ means complete rocket systems and unmanned aerial vehicle systems.

3. c.

   Multidirectional, multidimensional weaving machines or interlacing machines, including adapters and modification kits, for weaving, interlacing or braiding fibres to manufacture ‘composite’ structures;

   Technical Notes:

   For the purposes of I.1A.006.c. the technique of interlacing includes knitting.

   Note: I.1A.006.c. does not prohibit textile machinery not modified for the above end-uses.

Equipment, other than that specified in I.1A.006, for the ‘production’ of structural composites as follows; and specially designed components and accessories therefor:

Note: Components and accessories specified in I.1A.007 include moulds, mandrels, dies, fixtures and tooling for the preform pressing, curing, casting, sintering or bonding of composite structures, laminates and manufactures thereof.

1. a.

   Filament winding machines of which the motions for positioning, wrapping and winding fibres can be coordinated and programmed in three or more axes, designed to fabricate composite structures or laminates from fibrous or filamentary materials, and coordinating and programming controls;

2. b.

   Tape-laying machines of which the motions for positioning and laying tape and sheets can be coordinated and programmed in two or more axes, designed for the manufacture of composite airframe and ‘missile’ structures;

3. c.

   Equipment designed or modified for the ‘production’ of ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’ as follows:

   1. 1.

      Equipment for converting polymeric fibres (such as polyacrylonitrile, rayon or polycarbosilane) including special provision to strain the fibre during heating;

   2. 2.

      Equipment for the vapour deposition of elements or compounds on heated filament substrates;

   3. 3.

      Equipment for the wet-spinning of refractory ceramics (such as aluminium oxide);

4. d.

   Equipment designed or modified for special fibre surface treatment or for producing prepregs and preforms specified in entry I.9A.026.

   Note: I.1A.007.d. includes rollers, tension stretchers, coating equipment, cutting equipment and clicker dies.

Metal powder ‘production equipment’ and components as follows:

N.B.: See also I.1A.009.b.

1. a.

   Metal powder ‘production equipment’ usable for the ‘production’, in a controlled environment, of spherical or atomised materials specified in I.1A.025.a., I.1A.025.b., I.1A.029.a.1., I.1A.029.a.2. or in the Military Goods Controls.

2. b.

   Specially designed components for ‘production equipment’ specified in I.1A.008.a.

Note: I.1A.008 includes:

1. a.

   Plasma generators (high frequency arc-jet) usable for obtaining sputtered or spherical metallic powders with organization of the process in an argon-water environment;

2. b.

   Electroburst equipment usable for obtaining sputtered or spherical metallic powders with organization of the process in an argon-water environment;

3. c.

   Equipment usable for the ‘production’ of spherical aluminium powders by powdering a melt in an inert medium (e.g. nitrogen).

Equipment, other than that specified in I.1A.008, for the production of propellant and propellant constituents, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:

1. a.

   ‘Production equipment’ for the ‘production’, handling or acceptance testing of liquid propellants or propellant constituents specified in I.1A.025.a., I.1A.025.b., I.1A.029 or in the Military Goods Controls;

2. b.

   ‘Production equipment’ for the ‘production’, handling, mixing, curing, casting, pressing, machining, extruding or acceptance testing of solid propellants or propellant constituents specified in I.1A.025.a., I.1A.025.b., I.1A.029 or in the Military Goods Controls.

   Note: I.1A.009.b. does not prohibit batch mixers, continuous mixers or fluid energy mills. For the prohibition of batch mixers, continuous mixers and fluid energy mills see I.1A.011, I.1A.012 and I.1A.013.

Note 1: For equipment specially designed for the production of military goods, see the Military Goods Controls.

Note 2: I.1A.009 does not prohibit equipment for the ‘production’, handling and acceptance testing of boron carbide

Electromagnetic isotope separators designed for, or equipped with, single or multiple ion sources capable of providing a total ion beam current of 50 mA or greater.

Note: I.1A.016 includes separators:

1. a.

   Capable of enriching stable isotopes;

2. b.

   With the ion sources and collectors both in the magnetic field and those configurations in which they are external to the field.

Water-hydrogen sulphide exchange tray columns and ‘internal contactors’, as follows:

N.B.: For columns which are specially designed or prepared for the production of heavy water see I.0A.005.

1. a.

   Water-hydrogen sulphide exchange tray columns, having all of the following characteristics:

   1. 1.

      Can operate at pressures of 2 MPa or greater;

   2. 2.

      Constructed of carbon steel having an austenitic ASTM (or equivalent standard) grain size number of 5 or greater; and

   3. 3.

      With a diameter of 1,8 m or greater;

2. b.

   ‘Internal contactors’ for the water hydrogen sulphide exchange tray columns specified in I.1A.019.a.

   Technical Notes:

   ‘Internal contactors’ of the columns are segmented trays which have an effective assembled diameter of 1,8 m or greater, are designed to facilitate countercurrent contacting and are constructed of stainless steels with a carbon content of 0,03 % or less. These may be sieve trays, valve trays, bubble cap trays, or turbogrid trays

‘Fibrous or filamentary materials’ which may be used in organic ‘matrix’, metallic ‘matrix’ or carbon ‘matrix’‘composite’ structures or laminates, as follows:

N.B.: See also I.1A.034 and I.9A.026.

1. b.

   Carbon ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’, having all of the following:

   1. 1.

      A ‘specific modulus’ exceeding 12,7 × 10⁶ m; and

   2. 2.

      A ‘specific tensile strength’ exceeding 23,5 × 10⁴ m;

   Note: I.1A.024.b. does not prohibit fabric made from ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’ for the repair of ‘civil aircraft’ structures or laminates, in which the size of individual sheets does not exceed 100 cm × 100 cm.

   Technical Notes:

   Properties for materials described in I.1A.024.b. should be determined using SACMA recommended methods SRM 12 to 17, or national equivalent tow tests, such as Japanese Industrial Standard JIS-R-7601, Paragraph 6.6.2., and based on lot average.

Metals and compounds, as follows:

N.B.: See also Military Goods Controls and I.1A.029.

1. a.

   Metals in particle sizes of less than 60 μm whether spherical, atomised, spheroidal, flaked or ground, manufactured from material consisting of 99 % or more of zirconium, magnesium and alloys of these;

   Technical Notes:

   The natural content of hafnium in the zirconium (typically 2 % to 7 %) is counted with the zirconium.

   Note: The metals or alloys listed in I.1A.025.a. are prohibited whether or not the metals or alloys are encapsulated in aluminium, magnesium, zirconium or beryllium.

2. b.

   Boron or boron carbide of 85 % purity or higher and a particle size of 60 μm or less;

Note: The metals or alloys listed in I.1A.025.b. are prohibited whether or not the metals or alloys are encapsulated in aluminium, magnesium, zirconium or beryllium.

Materials and devices for reduced observables such as radar reflectivity, ultraviolet/infrared signatures and acoustic signatures, usable in ‘missiles’, ‘missile’ subsystems or unmanned aerial vehicles specified in I.9A.003.

Note 1: I.1A.026 includes:

1. a.

   Structural materials and coatings specially designed for reduced radar reflectivity;

2. b.

   Coatings, including paints, specially designed for reduced or tailored reflectivity or emissivity in the microwave, infrared or ultra violet regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Note 2: I.1A.026 does not include coatings when specially used for the thermal control of satellites.

Technical Notes:

In I.1A.026 ‘missile’ means complete rocket systems and unmanned aerial vehicle systems capable of a range exceeding 300 km.

Resaturated pyrolized carbon-carbon materials designed for space launch vehicles specified in I.9A.001 or sounding rockets specified in I.9A.005.

N.B.: See also Military Goods Controls for materials for rockets and missiles.

Propellants and constituent chemicals for propellants, other than those specified in I.1A.025, as follows:

1. a.

   Propulsive substances:

   1. 1.

      Spherical aluminium powder, other than that specified in the Military Goods Controls, with particles of uniform diameter of less than 200 μm and an aluminium content of 97 % by weight or more, if at least 10 % of the total weight is made up of particles of less than 63 μm, according to ISO 2591:1988 or national equivalents;

      Technical Notes:

      A particle size of 63 μm (ISO R-565) corresponds to 250 mesh (Tyler) or 230 mesh (ASTM standard E-11).

   2. 2.

      Metal fuels, other than that specified in the Military Goods Controls, in particle sizes of less than 60 μm, whether spherical, atomized, spheroidal, flaked or ground, consisting 97 % by weight or more of any of the following:

      1. a.

         Zirconium;

      2. b.

         Beryllium;

      3. c.

         Magnesium; or

      4. d.

         Alloys of the metals specified by (a) to (c) above;

      Technical Notes:

      The natural content of hafnium in the zirconium (typically 2 % to 7 %) is counted with the zirconium.

   3. 3.

      Oxidiser substances usable in liquid propellant rocket engines as follows:

      1. a.

         Dinitrogen trioxide;

      2. b.

         Nitrogen dioxide/dinitrogen tetroxide;

      3. c.

         Dinitrogen pentoxide;

      4. d.

         Mixed Oxides of Nitrogen (MON);

      Technical Notes:

      Mixed Oxides of Nitrogen (MON) are solutions of Nitric Oxide (NO) in Dinitrogen Tetroxide/Nitrogen Dioxide (N₂O₄/NO₂) that can be used in missile systems. There are a range of compositions that can be denoted as MONi or MONij, where i and j are integers representing the percentage of Nitric Oxide in the mixture (e.g., MON3 contains 3 % Nitric Oxide, MON25 25 % Nitric Oxide. An upper limit is MON40, 40 % by weight).

      N.B.: See Military Goods Controls for Inhibited Red Fuming Nitric Acid (IRFNA);

      N.B.: See Military Goods Controls and I.1A.049 for Compounds composed of fluorine and one or more of other halogens, oxygen or nitrogen;

   4. 4.

      Hydrazine derivatives as follows:

      1. a.

         trimethylhydrazine;

      2. b.

         tetramethylhydrazine;

      3. c.

         N, N diallylhydrazine;

      4. d.

         allylhydrazine;

      5. e.

         ethylene dihydrazine;

      6. f.

         monomethylhydrazine dinitrate;

      7. g.

         unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine nitrate;

      8. h.

         hydrazinium azide;

      9. i.

         dimethylhydrazinium azide;

         N.B.: See Military Goods Controls for Hydrazinium nitrate;

      10. k.

          diimido oxalic acid dihydrazine;

      11. l.

          2-hydroxyethylhydrazine nitrate (HEHN);

          N.B.: See Military Goods Controls for Hydrazinium perchlorate;

      12. n.

          hydrazinium diperchlorate;

      13. o.

          methylhydrazine nitrate (MHN);

      14. p.

          diethylhydrazine nitrate (DEHN);

      15. q.

          1,4-dihydrazine nitrate (DHTN);

2. b.*

   Polymeric substances:

   1. 1.

      Carboxy-terminated polybutadiene (CTPB);

   2. 2.

      Hydroxy-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB), other than that specified in the Military Goods Controls;

   3. 3.

      Polybutadiene-acrylic acid (PBAA);

   4. 4.

      Polybutadiene-acrylic acid-acrylonitrile (PBAN);

3. c.

   Other propellant additives and agents:

   N.B.: See Military Goods Controls for carboranes, decaboranes, pentaboranes and derivatives thereof;

   1. 2.

      Triethylene glycol dinitrate (TEGDN);

   2. 3.

      2-Nitrodiphenylamine (CAS 119-75-5);

   3. 4.

      Trimethylolethane trinitrate (TMETN) (CAS 3032-55-1);

   4. 5.

      Diethylene glycol dinitrate (DEGDN);

   5. 6.

      Ferrocene derivatives as follows:

      N.B.: See Military Goods Controls for catocene;

      1. b.

         Ethyl ferrocene;

      2. c.

         Propyl ferrocene (CAS 1273-89-8);

         N.B.: See Military Goods Controls for n-butyl ferrocene;

      3. e.

         Pentyl ferrocene (CAS 1274-00-6);

      4. f.

         Dicyclopentyl ferrocene;

      5. g.

         Dicyclohexyl ferrocene;

      6. h.

         Diethyl ferrocene;

      7. i.

         Dipropyl ferrocene;

      8. j.

         Dibutyl ferrocene;

      9. k.

         Dihexyl ferrocene;

      10. l.

          Acetyl ferrocenes;

          N.B.: See Military Goods Controls for ferrocene Carboxylic acids;

          N.B.: See Military Goods Controls for butacene;

      11. o.

          Other ferrocene derivatives usable as rocket propellant burning rate modifiers, other than those specified in the Military Goods Controls.

Note: For propellants and constituent chemicals for propellants not specified in I.1A.029, see the Military Goods Controls.

Maraging steels (steels generally characterised by high nickel, very low carbon content and the use of substitutional elements or precipitates to produce age-hardening) having an ultimate tensile strength of 1 500 MPa or greater, measured at 293 K (20 °C), in the form of sheet, plate or tubing with a wall or plate thickness equal to or less than 5 mm.

N.B.: See also I.1A.035.

Alloys as follows:

1. a.

   Aluminium alloys having both of the following characteristics:

   1. 1.

      ‘Capable of’ an ultimate tensile strength of 460 MPa or more at 293 K (20 °C); and

   2. 2.

      In the form of tubes or cylindrical solid forms (including forgings) with an outside diameter of more than 75 mm;

2. b.

   Titanium alloys having both of the following characteristics:

   1. 1.

      ‘Capable of’ an ultimate tensile strength of 900 MPa or more at 293 K (20 °C); and

   2. 2.

      In the form of tubes or cylindrical solid forms (including forgings) with an outside diameter of more than 75 mm.

Technical Notes:

The phrase alloys ‘capable of’ encompasses alloys before or after heat treatment.

‘Fibrous or filamentary materials’ or prepregs, other than those specified in I.1A.024, as follows:

1. a.

   Carbon or aramid ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’ having either of the following characteristics:

   1. 1.

      A ‘specific modulus’ of 12,7 × 10⁶ m or greater; or

   2. 2.

      A ‘specific tensile strength’ of 235 × 10³ m or greater;

   Note: I.1A.034.a. does not prohibit aramid ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’ having 0,25 percent or more by weight of an ester based fibre surface modifier;

2. b.

   Glass ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’ having both of the following characteristics:

   1. 1.

      A ‘specific modulus’ of 3,18 × 10⁶ m or greater; and

   2. 2.

      A ‘specific tensile strength’ of 76,2 × 10³ m or greater;

3. c.

   Thermoset resin impregnated continuous ‘yarns’, ‘rovings’, ‘tows’ or ‘tapes’ with a width of 15 mm or less (prepregs), made from carbon or glass ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’ specified in I.1A.024 or I.1A.034.a or .b.

   Technical Notes:

   The resin forms the matrix of the composite.

Note: In I.1A.034, ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’ is restricted to continuous ‘monofilaments’, ‘yarns’, ‘rovings’, ‘tows’ or ‘tapes’.

Maraging steel, other than that specified in I.1A.030, ‘capable of’ an ultimate tensile strength of 2 050 MPa or more, at 293 K (20 °C).

Note: I.1A.035 does not prohibit forms in which all linear dimensions are 75 mm or less.

Technical Notes:

The phrase maraging steel ‘capable of’ encompasses maraging steel before or after heat treatment.

Boron enriched in the boron-10 (¹⁰B) isotope to greater than its natural isotopic abundance, as follows: elemental boron, compounds, mixtures containing boron, manufactures thereof, waste or scrap of any of the foregoing.

Note: In I.1A.036 mixtures containing boron include boron loaded materials.

Technical Notes:

The natural isotopic abundance of boron-10 is approximately 18,5 weight per cent (20 atom per cent).

Tungsten, tungsten carbide, and alloys containing more than 90 % tungsten by weight, having both of the following characteristics:

1. a.

   In forms with a hollow cylindrical symmetry (including cylinder segments) with an inside diameter between 100 mm and 300 mm; and

2. b.

   A mass greater than 20 kg.

Note: I.1A.037 does not prohibit manufactures specially designed as weights or gamma-ray collimators

Beryllium metal, alloys containing more than 50 % beryllium by weight, beryllium compounds, manufactures thereof, and waste or scrap of any of the foregoing.

Note: I.1A.041 does not prohibit the following:

1. a.

   Metal windows for X-ray machines, or for bore-hole logging devices;

2. b.

   Oxide shapes in fabricated or semi-fabricated forms specially designed for electronic component parts or as substrates for electronic circuits;

3. c.

   Beryl (silicate of beryllium and aluminium) in the form of emeralds or aquamarines.

Helium-3 (³He), mixtures containing helium-3, and products or devices containing any of the foregoing.

Note: I.1A.043 does not prohibit a product or device containing less than 1 g of helium-3.

Lithium enriched in the lithium-6 (⁶Li) isotope to greater than its natural isotopic abundance, and products or devices containing enriched lithium, as follows: elemental lithium, alloys, compounds, mixtures containing lithium, manufactures thereof, waste or scrap of any of the foregoing.

Note: I.1A.044 does not prohibit thermoluminescent dosimeters.

Technical Notes:

The natural isotopic abundance of lithium-6 is approximately 6,5 weight per cent (7,5 atom per cent).

Zirconium with a hafnium content of less than 1 part hafnium to 500 parts zirconium by weight, as follows: metal, alloys containing more than 50 % zirconium by weight, compounds, manufactures thereof, waste or scrap of any of the foregoing.

Note: I.1A.045 does not prohibit zirconium in the form of foil having a thickness of 0,10 mm or less.

Tritium, tritium compounds, mixtures containing tritium in which the ratio of tritium to hydrogen atoms exceeds 1 part in 1 000, and products or devices containing any of the foregoing.

Note: I.1A.046 does not prohibit a product or device containing less than 1,48 × 10³ GBq (40 Ci) of tritium.

Alpha-emitting radionuclides having an alpha half-life of 10 days or greater but less than 200 years, in the following forms:

1. a.

   Elemental;

2. b.

   Compounds having a total alpha activity of 37 GBq/kg (1 Ci/kg) or greater;

3. c.

   Mixtures having a total alpha activity of 37 GBq/kg (1 Ci/kg) or greater;

4. d.

   Products or devices containing any of the foregoing.

Note: I.1A.047 does not prohibit a product or device containing less than 3,7 GBq (100 millicuries) of alpha activity.

Radium-226 (²²⁶Ra), radium-226 alloys, radium-226 compounds, mixtures containing radium-226, manufactures therof, and products or devices containing any of the foregoing.

Note: I.1A.048 does not prohibit the following:

1. a.

   Medical applicators;

2. b.

   A product or device containing less than 0,37 GBq (10 millicuries) of radium-226.

Nickel powder and porous nickel metal, other than those specified in I.0A.013, as follows:

1. a.

   Nickel powder having both of the following characteristics:

   1. 1.

      A nickel purity content of 99,0 % or greater by weight; and

   2. 2.

      A mean particle size of less than 10 micrometres measured by American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) B330 standard;

2. b.

   Porous nickel metal produced from materials specified in I.1A.051.a.

Note: I.1A.051 does not prohibit the following:

1. a.

   Filamentary nickel powders;

2. b.

   Single porous nickel sheets with an area of 1 000 cm² per sheet or less.

Technical Notes:

I.1A.051.b. refers to porous metal formed by compacting and sintering the materials in I.1A.051.a. to form a metal material with fine pores interconnected throughout the structure.

‘Technology’ relating to the ‘production’ of pyrolytically derived materials formed on a mould, mandrel or other substrate from precursor gases which decompose in the 1 573 K (1 300 °C) to 3 173 K (2 900 °C) temperature range at pressures of 130 Pa to 20 kPa.

Note: I.1B.009 includes ‘technology’ for the composition of precursor gases, flow-rates and process control schedules and parameters.