UN1873

PERCHLORIC ACID with more than 50% but not more than 72% acid, by mass

• Class: 5.1 (8)
• Packing Group / Category: I
• Special Provisions: 68
• Explosive Limit and Limited Quantity Index: 0
• Excepted Quantities: E0
• ERAP Index: 1000
• Passenger Carrying Vessel Index: Forbidden
• Passenger Carrying Road Vehicle or Passenger Carrying Railway Vehicle Index: Forbidden

Special Provision 68

These dangerous goods are forbidden for transport by vessel if they contain one or more of the following substances:

1. AMMONIUM HYPOCHLORITE;

2. AMMONIUM NITRATE liable to self-heating sufficient to initiate decomposition;

3. AMMONIUM NITRITES and mixtures of an inorganic nitrite with an ammonium salt;

4. CHLORIC ACID, AQUEOUS SOLUTION, with more than 10 % chloric acid;

5. ETHYL NITRITE, pure;

6. HYDROCYANIC ACID, AQUEOUS SOLUTION (HYDROGEN CYANIDE, AQUEOUS SOLUTION) with more than 20 % hydrogen cyanide;

7. HYDROGEN CHLORIDE, REFRIGERATED LIQUID;

8. HYDROGEN CYANIDE, SOLUTION IN ALCOHOL with more than 45 % hydrogen cyanide;

9. MERCURY OXYCYANIDE, pure;

10. METHYL NITRITE;

11. PERCHLORIC ACID with more than 72 % acid, by mass;

12. SILVER PICRATE, dry or wetted with less than 30 % water, by mass; or

13. ZINC AMMONIUM NITRITE.

CAUTION: This information is provided for information purposes only. It does not replace the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations (TDGR). Please check the TDGR using this link.