UN3294

HYDROGEN CYANIDE, SOLUTION IN ALCOHOL with not more than 45% hydrogen cyanide

• Class: 6.1 (3)
• Packing Group / Category: I
• Special Provisions: 23, 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 23

1. A person must not import, offer for transport, handle or transport these dangerous goods unless

   1. they are contained in a means of containment that is marked in accordance with section 4.23, or, for UN1005, ANHYDROUS AMMONIA, in a large means of containment, in accordance with section 4.18.2; and

   2. they are accompanied by a shipping document that complies with subparagraph 3.5(1)(c)(vii).

2. This special provision does not apply to a person who transports these dangerous goods in accordance with an exemption set out in section 1.15, 1.17, 1.17.1 or 1.24.

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.