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UN/NA 1638 · Mercury iodide
UN/NA 1638 · ERG 2024 · Guide 151
- UN/NA
- 1638
- Edition
- ERG 2024
ERG 2024 lists UN/NA 1638 (Mercury iodide) under Guide 151, titled “Substances - Toxic (Non-Combustible)”.
Material name
1638 on a placard, orange panel or shipping paper
It points to the ERG 2024 entry “Mercury iodide” and to Guide 151. On a numbered orange panel, 1638 is the lower number (how to read an orange panel).
ERG 2024 markings for 1638
1638 is not highlighted in green (no Table 1 entry), and its guide number 151 has no P.
Entries near 1638
By number (yellow pages): before 1638 come UN/NA 1634 Mercury bromides (Guide 154); UN/NA 1636 Mercury cyanide (Guide 154) and UN/NA 1637 Mercury gluconate (Guide 151); after it, UN/NA 1639 Mercury nucleate (Guide 151); UN/NA 1640 Mercury oleate (Guide 151) and UN/NA 1641 Mercury oxide (Guide 151).
By name (blue pages): “Mercury iodide” comes after Mercury cyanide (UN/NA 1636, Guide 154) and Mercury gluconate (UN/NA 1637, Guide 151) and before Mercury nucleate (UN/NA 1639, Guide 151) and Mercury oleate (UN/NA 1640, Guide 151).
Other names starting with “Mercury”: Mercury compound, liquid, n.o.s. (UN/NA 2024, Guide 151); Mercury compound, solid, n.o.s. (UN/NA 2025, Guide 151); Mercury contained in manufactured articles (UN/NA 3506, Guide 172); Mercury oxycyanide, desensitized (UN/NA 1642, Guide 151); Mercury potassium iodide (UN/NA 1643, Guide 151) and Mercury salicylate (UN/NA 1644, Guide 151).
Guide 151 · Library
Guide 151 covers 151 UN/NA numbers. The 12 around 1638 in the guide’s number order: UN/NA 1621 London purple; UN/NA 1622 Magnesium arsenate; UN/NA 1623 Mercuric arsenate; UN/NA 1629 Mercury acetate; UN/NA 1630 Mercury ammonium chloride; UN/NA 1637 Mercury gluconate; UN/NA 1639 Mercury nucleate; UN/NA 1640 Mercury oleate; UN/NA 1641 Mercury oxide; UN/NA 1642 Mercury oxycyanide, desensitized; UN/NA 1643 Mercury potassium iodide; UN/NA 1644 Mercury salicylate.
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