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UN/NA 2212 · Asbestos
UN/NA 2212 · ERG 2024 · Guide 171
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- ERG 2024
ERG 2024 lists UN/NA 2212 (Asbestos) under Guide 171, titled “Substances (Low to Moderate Hazard)”.
Material name
2212 on a placard, orange panel or shipping paper
It can stand for either of two ERG 2024 entries: “Asbestos” and “Asbestos, amphibole”. Both use Guide 171, so the number alone is enough to find the guide. On a numbered orange panel, 2212 is the lower number (how to read an orange panel).
ERG 2024 markings for 2212
2212 is not highlighted in green (no Table 1 entry), and its guide number 171 has no P.
Entries near 2212
By number (yellow pages): before 2212 come UN/NA 2209 Formaldehyde, solution (corrosive) (Guide 153); UN/NA 2210 Maneb (Guide 135) and UN/NA 2211 Polymeric beads, expandable (Guide 171); after it, UN/NA 2213 Paraformaldehyde (Guide 133); UN/NA 2214 Phthalic anhydride (Guide 156) and UN/NA 2215 Maleic anhydride (Guide 156).
By name (blue pages): “Asbestos” comes after Aryl sulphonic acids, solid, with more than 5% free sulphuric acid (UN/NA 2583, Guide 153) and Aryl sulphonic acids, solid, with not more than 5% free sulphuric acid (UN/NA 2585, Guide 153) and before Asbestos, chrysotile (UN/NA 2590, Guide 171) and Asphalt (UN/NA 1999, Guide 130).
By name (blue pages): “Asbestos, amphibole” comes after Aryl sulphonic acids, solid, with more than 5% free sulphuric acid (UN/NA 2583, Guide 153) and Aryl sulphonic acids, solid, with not more than 5% free sulphuric acid (UN/NA 2585, Guide 153) and before Asbestos, chrysotile (UN/NA 2590, Guide 171) and Asphalt (UN/NA 1999, Guide 130).
Guide 171 · Library
Guide 171 covers 36 UN/NA numbers. The 12 around 2212 in the guide’s number order: UN/NA 1841 Acetaldehyde ammonia; UN/NA 1931 Zinc dithionite; UN/NA 1941 Dibromodifluoromethane; UN/NA 1990 Benzaldehyde; UN/NA 2211 Polymeric beads, expandable; UN/NA 2216 Fish meal, stabilized; UN/NA 2315 PCB, liquid; UN/NA 2590 Asbestos, chrysotile; UN/NA 2807 Magnetized material; UN/NA 2969 Castor beans, meal, pomace or flake; UN/NA 2990 Life-saving appliances, self-inflating; UN/NA 8000 Consumer commodity.
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