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UN/NA 1397 · Aluminum phosphide
UN/NA 1397 · ERG 2024 · Guide 139
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- ERG 2024
ERG 2024 lists UN/NA 1397 (Aluminum phosphide) under Guide 139, titled “Substances - Water-Reactive (Emitting Flammable And Toxic Gases)”.
Material name
1397 on a placard, orange panel or shipping paper
It points to the ERG 2024 entry “Aluminum phosphide” and to Guide 139. On a numbered orange panel, 1397 is the lower number (how to read an orange panel).
ERG 2024 markings for 1397
1397 is highlighted in green, so ERG 2024 Table 1 (Initial Isolation and Protective Action Distances) has an entry for it: “Aluminum phosphide (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: PH3 (phosphine). Its guide number 139 has no P.
Entries near 1397
By number (yellow pages): before 1397 come UN/NA 1394 Aluminum carbide (Guide 138); UN/NA 1395 Aluminum ferrosilicon powder (Guide 139) and UN/NA 1396 Aluminum powder, uncoated (Guide 138); after it, UN/NA 1398 Aluminum silicon powder, uncoated (Guide 138); UN/NA 1400 Barium (Guide 138) and UN/NA 1401 Calcium (Guide 138).
By name (blue pages): “Aluminum phosphide” comes after Aluminum hydride (UN/NA 2463, Guide 138) and Aluminum nitrate (UN/NA 1438, Guide 140) and before Aluminum phosphide pesticide (UN/NA 3048, Guide 157) and Aluminum powder, coated (UN/NA 1309, Guide 170).
Other names starting with “Aluminum”: Aluminum bromide, solution (UN/NA 2580, Guide 154); Aluminum chloride, anhydrous (UN/NA 1726, Guide 137); Aluminum chloride, solution (UN/NA 2581, Guide 154); Aluminum dross (UN/NA 3170, Guide 138); Aluminum powder, pyrophoric (UN/NA 1383, Guide 135) and Aluminum resinate (UN/NA 2715, Guide 133).
Guide 139 · Library
Guide 139 covers 29 UN/NA numbers. The 12 around 1397 in the guide’s number order: 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 1390 Alkali metal amides; UN/NA 1395 Aluminum ferrosilicon powder; UN/NA 1408 Ferrosilicon; UN/NA 1419 Magnesium aluminum phosphide; UN/NA 1432 Sodium phosphide; UN/NA 1433 Stannic phosphides; UN/NA 1714 Zinc phosphide; UN/NA 2011 Magnesium phosphide.
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.