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UN/NA 1390 · Alkali metal amides
UN/NA 1390 · ERG 2024 · Guide 139
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- ERG 2024
ERG 2024 lists UN/NA 1390 (Alkali metal amides) under Guide 139, titled “Substances - Water-Reactive (Emitting Flammable And Toxic Gases)”.
Material name
1390 on a placard, orange panel or shipping paper
It points to the ERG 2024 entry “Alkali metal amides” and to Guide 139. On a numbered orange panel, 1390 is the lower number (how to read an orange panel).
ERG 2024 markings for 1390
1390 is highlighted in green, so ERG 2024 Table 1 (Initial Isolation and Protective Action Distances) has an entry for it: “Alkali metal amides (when spilled in water)”. Hazora shows those distances in the app, not on this page. “When spilled in water” means the material produces large amounts of toxic inhalation hazard (TIH) gases when spilled in water. Table 2 (Water-Reactive Materials Which Produce Toxic Gases) lists the gas produced: NH3 (ammonia). Its guide number 139 has no P.
Entries near 1390
By number (yellow pages): before 1390 come UN/NA 1386 Seed cake, with more than 1.5% oil and not more than 11% moisture (Guide 135); UN/NA 1387 Wool waste, wet (Guide 133) and UN/NA 1389 Alkali metal amalgam, liquid (Guide 138); after it, UN/NA 1391 Alkali metal dispersion (Guide 138); UN/NA 1392 Alkaline earth metal amalgam, liquid (Guide 138) and UN/NA 1393 Alkaline earth metal alloy, n.o.s. (Guide 138).
By name (blue pages): “Alkali metal amides” comes after Alkali metal amalgam, liquid (UN/NA 1389, Guide 138) and Alkali metal amalgam, solid (UN/NA 3401, Guide 138) and before Alkali metal dispersion (UN/NA 1391, Guide 138) and Alkali metal dispersion, flammable (UN/NA 3482, Guide 138).
Other names starting with “Alkali”: 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).
Guide 139 · Library
Guide 139 covers 29 UN/NA numbers. The 12 around 1390 in the guide’s number order: UN/NA 1295 Trichlorosilane; UN/NA 1339 Phosphorus heptasulfide, free from yellow and white phosphorus; UN/NA 1340 Phosphorus pentasulfide, free from yellow and white phosphorus; UN/NA 1341 Phosphorus sesquisulfide, free from yellow and white phosphorus; UN/NA 1343 Phosphorus trisulfide, free from yellow and white phosphorus; UN/NA 1360 Calcium phosphide; UN/NA 1395 Aluminum ferrosilicon powder; UN/NA 1397 Aluminum phosphide; UN/NA 1408 Ferrosilicon; UN/NA 1419 Magnesium aluminum phosphide; UN/NA 1432 Sodium phosphide; UN/NA 1433 Stannic phosphides.
Source: ERG 2024 (U.S. DOT PHMSA, Transport Canada, SICT Mexico), for the initial phase of a transportation incident only. Hazora is not an official ERG publication and is not affiliated with or endorsed by these or any other government agencies.