Description
This standard gives specification for the identification of dangerous goods that are capable of posing a significant risk to health and safety or to property and the environment.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Content | Page |
| 1 Scope | 1 |
| 2 Normative references | 1 |
| 2.1 Standards | 1 |
| 2.2 Other publications | 2 |
| 3 Definitions and abbreviations | 4 |
| 3.1 Definitions | 4 |
| 4 Dangerous goods listing | 10 |
| 4.1 Annex A | 10 |
| 4.2 Annex B | 11 |
| 4.3 Annex C | 11 |
| 4.4 Annex D | 11 |
| 4.5 Annex E | 11 |
| 4.6 Annex F | 11 |
| 4.7 Annex G | 11 |
| 5 Classification system, packing group allocation and subsidiary risk | 12 |
| 5.1 Classification system | 12 |
| 5.2 Packing group allocation | 13 |
| 5.3 Subsidiary risk | 13 |
| 6 General provisions | 13 |
| 7 Class 1: Explosives | 15 |
| 7.1 General | 15 |
| 7.2 Divisions of class 1 | 16 |
| 7.3 Compatibility groups | 17 |
| 7.4 Competent authority for the classification of explosives | 17 |
| 7.5 Classification of explosives | 19 |
| 8 Class 2: Gases | 30 |
| 8.1 General | 30 |
| 8.2 Divisions of class 2 | 31 |
| 8.3 Warning notes about gases | 32 |
| 8.4 Classification of gas mixtures | 33 |
| 9 Class 3: Flammable liquids | 34 |
| 9.1 General | 34 |
| 9.2 Liquid desensitized explosives | 35 |
| 9.3 Packing groups based on flammability(see table 5) | 35 |
| 9.4 Viscous flammable liquids | 35 |
| 9.5 Test methods for flammable liquids | 36 |
| 10 Class 4: Flammable solids; substances liable to spontaneous combustion; substances that, on contact with water, emit flammable gases | 37 |
| 10.1 Division 4.1: Flammable solids, self-reactive substances and solid desensitized explosives | 37 |
| 10.2 Division 4.2: Substances liable to spontaneous combustion | 49 |
| 10.3 Division 4.3: Substances that, on contact with water, emit flammable gases | 51 |
| 10.4 Organometallic substances | 52 |
| 11 Class 5: Oxidizing substances and organic peroxides | 54 |
| 11.1 Division 5.1: Oxidizing substances | 54 |
| 11.2 Division 5.2: Organic peroxides | 57 |
| 12 Class 6: Toxic and infectious substances | 85 |
| 12.1 Division 6.1: Toxic substances | 85 |
| 12.2 Division 6.2: Infectious substances | 92 |
| 13 Class 7: Radioactive material | 99 |
| 13.1 General | 99 |
| 13.2 South African legislation | 100 |
| 13.3 Classification of radioactive material | 102 |
| 13.4 Basic radionuclide values | 107 |
| 14 Class 8: Corrosive substances | 108 |
| 14.1 General | 108 |
| 14.2 Volatility and toxicity of corrosive substances | 108 |
| 14.3 Packing group criteria for corrosive substances | 109 |
| 15 Class 9: Miscellaneous dangerous substances and articles, including environmentally hazardous substances | 110 |
| 15.1 General | 110 |
| 15.2 Environmentally hazardous substances | 110 |
| 16 Classification of dangerous substances and goods not listed in this standard | 122 |
| 16.1 General | 122 |
| 16.2 Suspected explosives and substances prohibited from transport | 122 |
| 16.3 Collective entries for response action | 122 |
| 17 Classification of solutions and mixtures | 123 |
| 18 Classification of waste | 124 |
| 19 Classification of empty containers | 124 |
| 20 Transport of samples | 124 |
| 21 Precedence of hazards | 125 |
| Bibliography | 127 |
| Annex A Test methods for the classification of dangerous goods | 129 |
| Annex B Special provisions relating to articles or substances and numerical list of dangerous goods | 154 |
| Annex C Alphabetical list of dangerous goods | 389 |
| Annex D Alphabetical list of basic radionuclide values for individual radionuclides and notes to the annex | 453 |
| Annex E Alphabetical list of pesticides (technical): Toxicity and notes to the annex | 484 |
| Annex F List of generic or N.O.S. proper shipping names | 504 |
| Annex G Glossary of terms for explosives | 521 |