Hazard ID #s Displayed On Some Intermodal Containers

Question 1

Hazard identification numbers, utilized under ____ and some ____ regulations, may be found in the ____ half of an orange panel on some intermodal bulk containers. The UN 4-digit ID number is in the ____ half of the orange panel.

Answer 1

European and some South American
Top half
Bottom half

Question 2

The hazard identification number in the top half of the orange panel consists of _____ digits.

Answer 2

Two or three digits

Question 3

In general, the digits indicate the following hazards:
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

Answer 3

2-emission of gas due to pressure or chemical reaction
3-flammability of liquids(vapors) and gases or self heating liquid
4-flammability of solids or self heating solid
5-oxidizing (fire intensifying) effect
6-toxicity or risk of infection
7-radioactivity
8-corrosivity
9-risk of spontaneous violent reaction

Question 4

The risk of ___________ within the meaning of digit 9 includes the possibility, due to the nature of the substance, of a risk of explosion, disintegration and polymerization reaction followed by the release of considerable heat or flammable and/or toxic gas.

Answer 4

Spontaneous violent reaction

Question 5

Doubling of a digit indicates a _________ of that particular hazard

Answer 5

Intensification

Question 6

Where the hazard associated with a substance can be adequately indicated by a single digit, the digit is __________.

Answer 6

Followed by a zero

Question 7

A hazard identification number prefixed by the letter “X” indicates that the substance will _________.

Answer 7

React dangerously with water