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UN/NA 2556 · Nitrocellulose with alcohol, not less than 25% alcohol
UN/NA 2556 · ERG 2024 · Guide 113
- UN/NA
- 2556
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- ERG 2024
ERG 2024 lists UN/NA 2556 (Nitrocellulose with alcohol, not less than 25% alcohol) under Guide 113, titled “Flammable Materials (Wet/Desensitized Explosive)”.
Material name
2556 on a placard, orange panel or shipping paper
It points to the ERG 2024 entry “Nitrocellulose with alcohol, not less than 25% alcohol” and to Guide 113. On a numbered orange panel, 2556 is the lower number (how to read an orange panel).
ERG 2024 markings for 2556
2556 is not highlighted in green (no Table 1 entry), and its guide number 113 has no P.
Entries near 2556
By number (yellow pages): before 2556 come UN/NA 2552 Hexafluoroacetone hydrate, liquid (Guide 151); UN/NA 2554 Methylallyl chloride (Guide 130P) and UN/NA 2555 Nitrocellulose with water, not less than 25% water (Guide 113); after it, UN/NA 2557 Nitrocellulose mixture, with or without pigment (Guide 133); UN/NA 2558 Epibromohydrin (Guide 131) and UN/NA 2560 2-Methylpentan-2-ol (Guide 129).
By name (blue pages): “Nitrocellulose with alcohol, not less than 25% alcohol” comes after Nitrocellulose mixture, with or without plasticizer (UN/NA 2557, Guide 133) and Nitrocellulose solution, flammable (UN/NA 2059, Guide 127) and before Nitrocellulose with water, not less than 25% water (UN/NA 2555, Guide 113) and Nitrocresols, liquid (UN/NA 3434, Guide 153).
Other names starting with “Nitrocellulose”: Nitrocellulose membrane filters (UN/NA 3270, Guide 133).
Guide 113 · Library
Guide 113 covers 36 UN/NA numbers. The 12 around 2556 in the guide’s number order: UN/NA 1355 Trinitrobenzoic acid, wetted with not less than 30% water; UN/NA 1356 TNT, wetted with not less than 30% water; UN/NA 1357 Urea nitrate, wetted with not less than 20% water; UN/NA 1517 Zirconium picramate, wetted with not less than 20% water; UN/NA 1571 Barium azide, wetted with not less than 50% water; UN/NA 2555 Nitrocellulose with water, not less than 25% water; UN/NA 2852 Dipicryl sulfide, wetted with not less than 10% water; UN/NA 3317 2-Amino-4,6-dinitrophenol, wetted with not less than 20% water; UN/NA 3319 Nitroglycerin mixture, desensitized, solid, n.o.s., with more than 2% but not more than 10% nitroglycerin; UN/NA 3343 Nitroglycerin mixture, desensitized, liquid, flammable, n.o.s., with not more than 30% nitroglycerin; UN/NA 3344 Pentaerythrite tetranitrate mixture, desensitized, solid, n.o.s., with more than 10% but not more than 20% PETN; UN/NA 3357 Nitroglycerin mixture, desensitized, liquid, n.o.s., with not more than 30% nitroglycerin.
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