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Load and Segregation Chart ... Title 49 CFR §177.848 - Segregation of hazardous materials. [1] Packing Groups. Class 5 Packing Groups Group
IMDG Code is intended to protect crew members and to prevent marine pollution in the safe transportation of hazardous materials by vessel. From its initial adoption in 1965 to 2004, the IMDG Code was recommendations for the safe transport of dangerous goods. [ 1 ]
HAZMAT Class 8 placard on a truck in Canada. 454 kg (1001 lbs) or more gross weight of a corrosive material. Although the corrosive class includes both acids and bases, the hazardous materials load and segregation chart does not make any reference to the separation of various incompatible corrosive materials from each other.
Explosive Dangerous Goods have compatibility group letters assigned to facilitate segregation during transport. The letters used range from A to S excluding the letters I, M, O, P, Q and R. The example above shows an explosive with a compatibility group "A" (shown as 1.1A).
Information on this graphic changes depending on which, "Division" of explosive is shipped. Explosive Dangerous Goods have compatibility group letters assigned to facilitate segregation during transport. The letters used range from A to S excluding the letters I, M, O, P, Q and R.
B: Radioactive I and II are not required to be placarded, and does not have segregation requirements. Radioactive III must be placarded in any quantity. I - Extremely low radiation levels: 0.5 millirems (0.0050 mSv) per hour.
n.o.s. = not otherwise specified meaning a collective entry to which substances, mixtures, solutions or articles may be assigned if a) they are not mentioned by name in 3.2 Dangerous Goods List AND b) they exhibit chemical, physical and/or dangerous properties corresponding to the Class, classification code, packing group and the name and description of the n.o.s.entry [3]
Load and Segregation Chart ... Source: United States Code of Federal Regulations, Title 49 CFR §177.848 - Segregation of hazardous materials. [1] Packing Groups