UN/NA 3478 · Fuel cell cartridges, containing liquefied flammable gas

Material name

3478 on a placard, orange panel or shipping paper

It can stand for any of three ERG 2024 entries: “Fuel cell cartridges, containing liquefied flammable gas”, “Fuel cell cartridges contained in equipment, containing liquefied flammable gas” and “Fuel cell cartridges packed with equipment, containing liquefied flammable gas”. All use Guide 115, so the number alone is enough to find the guide. On a numbered orange panel, 3478 is the lower number (how to read an orange panel).

ERG 2024 markings for 3478

3478 is not highlighted in green (no Table 1 entry), and its guide number 115 has no P.

Entries near 3478

By number (yellow pages): before 3478 come UN/NA 3475 Ethanol and gasoline mixture, with more than 10% ethanol (Guide 127); UN/NA 3476 Fuel cell cartridges, containing water-reactive substances (Guide 138) and UN/NA 3477 Fuel cell cartridges, containing corrosive substances (Guide 153); after it, UN/NA 3479 Fuel cell cartridges, containing hydrogen in metal hydride (Guide 115); UN/NA 3480 Lithium ion batteries (including lithium ion polymer batteries) (Guide 147) and UN/NA 3481 Lithium ion batteries contained in equipment (including lithium ion polymer batteries) (Guide 147).

By name (blue pages): “Fuel cell cartridges, containing liquefied flammable gas” comes after Fuel cell cartridges, containing flammable liquids (UN/NA 3473, Guide 128) and Fuel cell cartridges, containing hydrogen in metal hydride (UN/NA 3479, Guide 115) and before Fuel cell cartridges, containing water-reactive substances (UN/NA 3476, Guide 138) and Fuel oil (UN/NA 1993, Guide 128).

By name (blue pages): “Fuel cell cartridges contained in equipment, containing liquefied flammable gas” comes after Fuel cell cartridges contained in equipment, containing flammable liquids (UN/NA 3473, Guide 128) and Fuel cell cartridges contained in equipment, containing hydrogen in metal hydride (UN/NA 3479, Guide 115) and before Fuel cell cartridges contained in equipment, containing water-reactive substances (UN/NA 3476, Guide 138) and Fuel cell cartridges packed with equipment, containing corrosive substances (UN/NA 3477, Guide 153).

By name (blue pages): “Fuel cell cartridges packed with equipment, containing liquefied flammable gas” comes after Fuel cell cartridges packed with equipment, containing flammable liquids (UN/NA 3473, Guide 128) and Fuel cell cartridges packed with equipment, containing hydrogen in metal hydride (UN/NA 3479, Guide 115) and before Fuel cell cartridges packed with equipment, containing water-reactive substances (UN/NA 3476, Guide 138) and Fuel cell cartridges, containing corrosive substances (UN/NA 3477, Guide 153).

Other names starting with “Fuel”: Fuel, aviation, turbine engine (UN/NA 1863, Guide 128).

Guide 115 · Library

Guide 115 covers 52 UN/NA numbers. The 12 around 3478 in the guide’s number order: UN/NA 1011 Butane; UN/NA 1012 Butylene; UN/NA 3167 Gas sample, non-pressurized, flammable, n.o.s., not refrigerated liquid; UN/NA 3252 Difluoromethane; UN/NA 3312 Gas, refrigerated liquid, flammable, n.o.s.; UN/NA 3354 Insecticide gas, flammable, n.o.s.; UN/NA 3358 Refrigerating machines, containing flammable, non-poisonous, liquefied gas; UN/NA 3468 Hydrogen in a metal hydride storage system; UN/NA 3479 Fuel cell cartridges, containing hydrogen in metal hydride; UN/NA 3501 Chemical under pressure, flammable, n.o.s.; UN/NA 3529 Engine, fuel cell, flammable gas powered; UN/NA 3537 Articles containing flammable gas, n.o.s.

Sources

• PHMSA · ERG 2024 · EN / ES / FR