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The information in these pages is provided to give guidance on various techniques not usually identified with a specific standard. These are recommended practices that will result in reliable products. They are not, however, intended to be hard requirements, assumed to be supplemental to existing standards, or judged as the only acceptable method that can be used for the particular topic. For each topic covered herein, there can be several other techniques or procedures not described that can provide equivalent reliability, and their use should not be discouraged because they're not included in these pages.

This information should not be used if it conflicts with any contractual or program-specific requirements. Unless otherwise specified, these pages fall in order of precedence behind the contract, approved drawings, and any standards imposed on the program.