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UN/NA 1420 · Potassium metal alloys, liquid
UN/NA 1420 · ERG 2024 · Guide 138
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- 1420
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- ERG 2024
ERG 2024 lists UN/NA 1420 (Potassium metal alloys, liquid) under Guide 138, titled “Substances - Water-Reactive (Emitting Flammable Gases)”.
Material name
1420 on a placard, orange panel or shipping paper
It points to the ERG 2024 entry “Potassium metal alloys, liquid” and to Guide 138. On a numbered orange panel, 1420 is the lower number (how to read an orange panel).
ERG 2024 markings for 1420
1420 is not highlighted in green (no Table 1 entry), and its guide number 138 has no P.
Entries near 1420
By number (yellow pages): before 1420 come UN/NA 1417 Lithium silicon (Guide 138); UN/NA 1418 Magnesium alloys powder (Guide 138) and UN/NA 1419 Magnesium aluminum phosphide (Guide 139); after it, UN/NA 1421 Alkali metal alloy, liquid, n.o.s. (Guide 138); UN/NA 1422 Potassium sodium alloys, liquid (Guide 138) and UN/NA 1423 Rubidium (Guide 138).
By name (blue pages): “Potassium metal alloys, liquid” comes after Potassium hydroxide, solid (UN/NA 1813, Guide 154) and Potassium hydroxide, solution (UN/NA 1814, Guide 154) and before Potassium metal alloys, solid (UN/NA 3403, Guide 138) and Potassium metavanadate (UN/NA 2864, Guide 151).
Other names starting with “Potassium”: Potassium hydrogen sulphate (UN/NA 2509, Guide 154); Potassium hydrosulphite (UN/NA 1929, Guide 135); Potassium monoxide (UN/NA 2033, Guide 154); Potassium nitrate (UN/NA 1486, Guide 140); Potassium nitrate and sodium nitrite mixture (UN/NA 1487, Guide 140) and Potassium nitrite (UN/NA 1488, Guide 140).
Guide 138 · Library
Guide 138 covers 74 UN/NA numbers. The 12 around 1420 in the guide’s number order: UN/NA 1411 Lithium aluminum hydride, ethereal; UN/NA 1413 Lithium borohydride; UN/NA 1414 Lithium hydride; UN/NA 1415 Lithium; UN/NA 1417 Lithium silicon; UN/NA 1418 Magnesium alloys powder; UN/NA 1421 Alkali metal alloy, liquid, n.o.s.; UN/NA 1422 Potassium sodium alloys, liquid; UN/NA 1423 Rubidium; UN/NA 1426 Sodium borohydride; UN/NA 1427 Sodium hydride; UN/NA 1428 Sodium.
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