6A226 Category 6A

Pressure sensors, as follows (see List of Items Controlled).

Category 6: Sensors and Lasers

Reasons for control

• NP: Nuclear nonproliferation
• AT: Anti-terrorism

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List-based license exceptions

Items

1. Items: a. Shock pressure gauges capable of measuring pressures greater than 10 GPa (100 kilobars), including gauges made with manganin, ytterbium, and polyvinylidene bifluoride (PVBF, PVF2);
2. b. Quartz pressure transducers for pressures greater than 10 GPa (100 kilobars).

Related controls

See ECCNs 6E001 (“development”), 6E002 (“production”), and 6E201 (“use”) for technology for items controlled under this entry.

Source: eCFR, version 2026-08-01, retrieved 2026-08-20T04:04:59+00:00.