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UN/NA 2480 · Methyl isocyanate
UN/NA 2480 · ERG 2024 · Guide 155
- UN/NA
- 2480
- Edition
- ERG 2024
ERG 2024 lists UN/NA 2480 (Methyl isocyanate) under Guide 155, titled “Substances - Toxic and/or Corrosive (Flammable/Water-Sensitive)”.
Material name
| Language | Material name | Guides |
|---|---|---|
| EN | Methyl isocyanate | Guide 155P |
| ES | Isocianato de metilo | Guide 155P |
| FR | Isocyanate de méthyle | Guide 155P |
2480 on a placard, orange panel or shipping paper
It points to the ERG 2024 entry “Methyl isocyanate” and to Guide 155P. On a numbered orange panel, 2480 is the lower number (how to read an orange panel).
ERG 2024 markings for 2480
In the ERG 2024 lists, “Methyl isocyanate” has guide number 155P; the P means the material may undergo violent polymerization.
2480 is highlighted in green, so ERG 2024 Table 1 (Initial Isolation and Protective Action Distances) has an entry for it: “Methyl isocyanate”. Hazora shows those distances in the app, not on this page.
Entries near 2480
By number (yellow pages): before 2480 come UN/NA 2475 Vanadium trichloride (Guide 157); UN/NA 2477 Methyl isothiocyanate (Guide 131) and UN/NA 2478 Isocyanate solution, flammable, poisonous, n.o.s. (Guide 155); after it, UN/NA 2481 Ethyl isocyanate (Guide 155); UN/NA 2482 n-Propyl isocyanate (Guide 155P) and UN/NA 2483 Isopropyl isocyanate (Guide 155P).
By name (blue pages): “Methyl isocyanate” comes after Methyl isobutyl carbinol (UN/NA 2053, Guide 129) and Methyl isobutyl ketone (UN/NA 1245, Guide 127) and before Methyl isopropenyl ketone, stabilized (UN/NA 1246, Guide 127P) and Methyl isothiocyanate (UN/NA 2477, Guide 131).
Other names starting with “Methyl”: Methyl fluoride (UN/NA 2454, Guide 115); Methyl formate (UN/NA 1243, Guide 129); Methyl iodide (UN/NA 2644, Guide 151); Methyl isovalerate (UN/NA 2400, Guide 130); Methyl magnesium bromide in ethyl ether (UN/NA 1928, Guide 138) and Methyl mercaptan (UN/NA 1064, Guide 117).
Guide 155 · Library
Guide 155 covers 44 UN/NA numbers. The 12 around 2480 in the guide’s number order: UN/NA 1816 Propyltrichlorosilane; UN/NA 2285 Isocyanatobenzotrifluorides; UN/NA 2353 Butyryl chloride; UN/NA 2395 Isobutyryl chloride; UN/NA 2407 Isopropyl chloroformate; UN/NA 2478 Isocyanate solution, flammable, poisonous, n.o.s.; UN/NA 2481 Ethyl isocyanate; UN/NA 2482 n-Propyl isocyanate; UN/NA 2483 Isopropyl isocyanate; UN/NA 2484 tert-Butyl isocyanate; UN/NA 2485 n-Butyl isocyanate; UN/NA 2486 Isobutyl isocyanate.
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.