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UN/NA 1389 · Alkali metal amalgam, liquid

UN/NA 1389 · ERG 2024 · Guide 138

UN/NA
1389
Edition
ERG 2024

ERG 2024 lists UN/NA 1389 (Alkali metal amalgam, liquid) under Guide 138, titled “Substances - Water-Reactive (Emitting Flammable Gases)”.

Material name

LanguageMaterial nameGuides
ENAlkali metal amalgam, liquidGuide 138
ESMetales alcalinos, amalgama líquida deGuide 138
FRAmalgame de métaux alcalins, liquideGuide 138

1389 on a placard, orange panel or shipping paper

It points to the ERG 2024 entry “Alkali metal amalgam, liquid” and to Guide 138. On a numbered orange panel, 1389 is the lower number (how to read an orange panel).

ERG 2024 markings for 1389

1389 is not highlighted in green (no Table 1 entry), and its guide number 138 has no P.

Entries near 1389

By number (yellow pages): before 1389 come UN/NA 1385 Sodium sulfide, anhydrous (Guide 135); UN/NA 1386 Seed cake, with more than 1.5% oil and not more than 11% moisture (Guide 135) and UN/NA 1387 Wool waste, wet (Guide 133); after it, UN/NA 1390 Alkali metal amides (Guide 139); UN/NA 1391 Alkali metal dispersion (Guide 138) and UN/NA 1392 Alkaline earth metal amalgam, liquid (Guide 138).

By name (blue pages): “Alkali metal amalgam, liquid” comes after Alkali metal alcoholates, self-heating, corrosive, n.o.s. (UN/NA 3206, Guide 136) and Alkali metal alloy, liquid, n.o.s. (UN/NA 1421, Guide 138) and before Alkali metal amalgam, solid (UN/NA 3401, Guide 138) and Alkali metal amides (UN/NA 1390, Guide 139).

Other names starting with “Alkali”: Alkali metal dispersion, flammable (UN/NA 3482, Guide 138).

Guide 138 · Library

Guide 138 covers 74 UN/NA numbers. The 12 around 1389 in the guide’s number order: UN/NA 1391 Alkali metal dispersion; UN/NA 1392 Alkaline earth metal amalgam, liquid; UN/NA 1393 Alkaline earth metal alloy, n.o.s.; UN/NA 1394 Aluminum carbide; UN/NA 1396 Aluminum powder, uncoated; UN/NA 1398 Aluminum silicon powder, uncoated; UN/NA 3404 Potassium sodium alloys, solid; UN/NA 3476 Fuel cell cartridges, containing water-reactive substances; UN/NA 3482 Alkali metal dispersion, flammable; UN/NA 3536 Lithium batteries installed in cargo transport unit (lithium metal batteries); UN/NA 3543 Articles containing a substance which in contact with water emits flammable gases, n.o.s.; UN/NA 3557 Vehicle, lithium metal battery powered.

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