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Defense National Stockpile Center
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<p>The Defense National Stockpile Center (DNSC) is a branch of the United States' <a href="/facts/Defense_Logistics_Agency/bM3nPF65">Defense Logistics Agency</a>, whose purpose it is to store, secure, and sell <a href="/facts/Raw_material/cthCpclF">raw materials</a>. The DNSC is based in <a href="/facts/Fort_Belvoir/gIw8uyh7">Fort Belvoir</a> and has operations throughout the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a>. Materials they offer for sale include: <a href="/facts/Aluminium_oxide/wXM9P6pI">aluminum oxide</a>, <a href="/facts/Beryllium/dv295voP">beryllium</a>, <a href="/facts/Chromium/6sVk6Uu7">chromium</a>, <a href="/facts/Cobalt/gqhScEw4">cobalt</a>, <a href="/facts/Diamond/IBUdnd1y">diamonds</a>, <a href="/facts/Ferrochromium/Fqlvwh9t">ferrochromium</a>, <a href="/facts/Ferromanganese/AdUby8JY">ferromanganese</a>, <a href="/facts/Iodine/JlfMecMf">iodine</a>, <a href="/facts/Iridium/TFQutoj1">iridium</a>, <a href="/facts/Mica/ag4cdnsb">mica</a>, <a href="/facts/Niobium/3zNI8AKp">niobium</a>, <a href="/facts/Platinum_group_metals/pbDgst54">platinum group metals</a>, <a href="/facts/Talc/9sUSo6rA">talc</a>, <a href="/facts/Tantalum/VwaxMm33">tantalum</a>, <a href="/facts/Thorium/ysdWH470">thorium</a>, <a href="/facts/Tin/obW9mqc3">tin</a>, <a href="/facts/Tungsten/WYwbNDYX">tungsten</a> and <a href="/facts/Zinc/80b1qgk3">zinc</a>. </p>