### Question
Can you define what specialty metal means?


### Answer
**Specialty metal** is defined as the following in *10 U.S.C. § 2533b*:

> any of the following:


(1) Steel—


(A) with a maximum alloy content exceeding one or more of the following limits: manganese, 1.65 percent

#### Citation:
  - *10 U.S.C. § 2533b*
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