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UN/NA 1394 · Aluminum carbide
UN/NA 1394 · ERG 2024 · Guide 138
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- ERG 2024
ERG 2024 lists UN/NA 1394 (Aluminum carbide) under Guide 138, titled “Substances - Water-Reactive (Emitting Flammable Gases)”.
Material name
1394 on a placard, orange panel or shipping paper
It points to the ERG 2024 entry “Aluminum carbide” and to Guide 138. On a numbered orange panel, 1394 is the lower number (how to read an orange panel).
ERG 2024 markings for 1394
1394 is not highlighted in green (no Table 1 entry), and its guide number 138 has no P.
Entries near 1394
By number (yellow pages): before 1394 come 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); after it, UN/NA 1395 Aluminum ferrosilicon powder (Guide 139); UN/NA 1396 Aluminum powder, uncoated (Guide 138) and UN/NA 1397 Aluminum phosphide (Guide 139).
By name (blue pages): “Aluminum carbide” comes after Aluminum bromide, anhydrous (UN/NA 1725, Guide 137) and Aluminum bromide, solution (UN/NA 2580, Guide 154) and before Aluminum chloride, anhydrous (UN/NA 1726, Guide 137) and Aluminum chloride, solution (UN/NA 2581, Guide 154).
Other names starting with “Aluminum”: Aluminum borohydride in devices (UN/NA 2870, Guide 135); Aluminum dross (UN/NA 3170, Guide 138); Aluminum hydride (UN/NA 2463, Guide 138); Aluminum nitrate (UN/NA 1438, Guide 140); Aluminum phosphide pesticide (UN/NA 3048, Guide 157) and Aluminum powder, coated (UN/NA 1309, Guide 170).
Guide 138 · Library
Guide 138 covers 74 UN/NA numbers. The 12 around 1394 in the guide’s number order: UN/NA 1389 Alkali metal amalgam, liquid; 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 1396 Aluminum powder, uncoated; UN/NA 1398 Aluminum silicon powder, uncoated; UN/NA 1400 Barium; UN/NA 1401 Calcium; UN/NA 1402 Calcium carbide; UN/NA 1403 Calcium cyanamide, with more than 0.1% calcium carbide; 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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