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9 Key The absence of any hazard class or division or a blank space in the table indicates that no restrictions apply. X: These materials may not be loaded, transported, or stored together in the same transport vehicle or storage facility during the course of transportation.
Dangerous goods are assigned to UN numbers and proper shipping names according to their hazard classification and their composition. Dangerous goods commonly carried are listed in the Dangerous Goods list. [3] Examples for UN numbers and proper shipping names are: 1202 GAS OIL or DIESEL FUEL or HEATING OIL, LIGHT; 1203 MOTOR SPIRIT or GASOLINE ...
"Dangerous goods" (also known as "hazardous materials" or "HAZMAT" in the United States) may be a pure chemical substance (e.g. TNT, nitroglycerin), mixtures (e.g. dynamite, gunpowder) or manufactured articles (e.g. ammunition, fireworks). The transport hazards that they pose are grouped into nine classes, which may be subdivided into divisions ...
Dangerous goods may be radioactive, flammable, explosive, toxic, poisonous, corrosive, biohazardous, an oxidizer, an asphyxiant, a pathogen, an allergen, or may have other characteristics that render it hazardous in specific circumstances. This category is for general articles on the safe handling and use of hazardous materials.
Drugs, weapons and human trafficking. That's probably what comes to mind when thinking about the black market -- but the illegal trade is more varied than you may think, and it also encompasses ...
The GHS transport pictograms are the same as those recommended in the UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, widely implemented in national regulations such as the U.S. Federal Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 5101–5128) and D.O.T. regulations at 49 C.F.R. 100–185.
9: Life-saving appliances, not self-inflating containing dangerous goods as equipment UN 3073: 6.1: Vinylpyridines, inhibited UN 3074 to 3075? (UN Nos. no longer in use) UN 3076 (4.2) (UN No. no longer in use) Aluminium alkyl hydrides (UN No. no longer in use) [4] UN 3077: 9: Environmentally hazardous substance, solid, n.o.s. (not including ...
n.o.s. = not otherwise specified meaning a collective entry to which substances, mixtures, solutions or articles may be assigned if a) they are not mentioned by name in 3.2 Dangerous Goods List AND b) they exhibit chemical, physical and/or dangerous properties corresponding to the Class, classification code, packing group and the name and description of the n.o.s.entry [3]