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UN/NA 1487 · Potassium nitrate and sodium nitrite mixture
UN/NA 1487 · ERG 2024 · Guide 140
- UN/NA
- 1487
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- ERG 2024
ERG 2024 lists UN/NA 1487 (Potassium nitrate and sodium nitrite mixture) under Guide 140, titled “Oxidizers”.
Material name
1487 on a placard, orange panel or shipping paper
It points to the ERG 2024 entry “Potassium nitrate and sodium nitrite mixture” and to Guide 140. On a numbered orange panel, 1487 is the lower number (how to read an orange panel).
ERG 2024 markings for 1487
1487 is not highlighted in green (no Table 1 entry), and its guide number 140 has no P.
Entries near 1487
By number (yellow pages): before 1487 come UN/NA 1484 Potassium bromate (Guide 140); UN/NA 1485 Potassium chlorate (Guide 140) and UN/NA 1486 Potassium nitrate (Guide 140); after it, UN/NA 1488 Potassium nitrite (Guide 140); UN/NA 1489 Potassium perchlorate (Guide 140) and UN/NA 1490 Potassium permanganate (Guide 140).
By name (blue pages): “Potassium nitrate and sodium nitrite mixture” comes after Potassium monoxide (UN/NA 2033, Guide 154) and Potassium nitrate (UN/NA 1486, Guide 140) and before Potassium nitrite (UN/NA 1488, Guide 140) and Potassium perchlorate (UN/NA 1489, Guide 140).
Other names starting with “Potassium”: Potassium hydroxide, solution (UN/NA 1814, Guide 154); Potassium metal alloys, liquid (UN/NA 1420, Guide 138); Potassium metal alloys, solid (UN/NA 3403, Guide 138); Potassium metavanadate (UN/NA 2864, Guide 151); Potassium peroxide (UN/NA 1491, Guide 144) and Potassium persulfate (UN/NA 1492, Guide 140).
Guide 140 · Library
Guide 140 covers 98 UN/NA numbers. The 12 around 1487 in the guide’s number order: UN/NA 1481 Perchlorates, inorganic, n.o.s.; UN/NA 1482 Permanganates, inorganic, n.o.s.; UN/NA 1483 Peroxides, inorganic, n.o.s.; UN/NA 1484 Potassium bromate; UN/NA 1485 Potassium chlorate; UN/NA 1486 Potassium nitrate; UN/NA 1488 Potassium nitrite; UN/NA 1489 Potassium perchlorate; UN/NA 1490 Potassium permanganate; UN/NA 1492 Potassium persulfate; UN/NA 1493 Silver nitrate; UN/NA 1494 Sodium bromate.
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