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UN/NA 2590 · Asbestos, chrysotile
UN/NA 2590 · ERG 2024 · Guide 171
- UN/NA
- 2590
- Edition
- ERG 2024
ERG 2024 lists UN/NA 2590 (Asbestos, chrysotile) under Guide 171, titled “Substances (Low to Moderate Hazard)”.
Material name
2590 on a placard, orange panel or shipping paper
It points to the ERG 2024 entry “Asbestos, chrysotile” and to Guide 171. On a numbered orange panel, 2590 is the lower number (how to read an orange panel).
ERG 2024 markings for 2590
2590 is not highlighted in green (no Table 1 entry), and its guide number 171 has no P.
Entries near 2590
By number (yellow pages): before 2590 come UN/NA 2587 Benzoquinone (Guide 153); UN/NA 2588 Pesticide, solid, poisonous, n.o.s. (Guide 151) and UN/NA 2589 Vinyl chloroacetate (Guide 155); after it, UN/NA 2591 Xenon, refrigerated liquid (cryogenic liquid) (Guide 120); UN/NA 2599 Chlorotrifluoromethane and trifluoromethane azeotropic mixture with approximately 60% chlorotrifluoromethane (Guide 126) and UN/NA 2601 Cyclobutane (Guide 115).
By name (blue pages): “Asbestos, chrysotile” comes after Asbestos (UN/NA 2212, Guide 171) and Asbestos, amphibole (UN/NA 2212, Guide 171) and before Asphalt (UN/NA 1999, Guide 130) and Asphalt, cut back (UN/NA 1999, Guide 130).
Guide 171 · Library
Guide 171 covers 36 UN/NA numbers. The 12 around 2590 in the guide’s number order: UN/NA 1941 Dibromodifluoromethane; UN/NA 1990 Benzaldehyde; UN/NA 2211 Polymeric beads, expandable; UN/NA 2212 Asbestos; UN/NA 2216 Fish meal, stabilized; UN/NA 2315 PCB, liquid; UN/NA 2807 Magnetized material; UN/NA 2969 Castor beans, meal, pomace or flake; UN/NA 2990 Life-saving appliances, self-inflating; UN/NA 3072 Life-saving appliances, not self-inflating; UN/NA 3077 Environmentally hazardous substance, solid, n.o.s.; UN/NA 3082 Environmentally hazardous substance, liquid, n.o.s.
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