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IMDG Code 42-24 · Dangerous Goods List

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UN1415LITHIUM

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Class4.3
Packing groupI
EmSF-G, S-N

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Entry 1 · Packing group I

LITHIUM

Class
4.3
Subsidiary risk / reference
Not listed
Packing group
I
Marine pollutant entry
Not listed; check the cargo classification
Limited quantities
0
Excepted quantities
E0
Packing instruction
P403
Special provisions
Not listed
Special packing provision
PP31
IBC instruction
IBC04
IBC special provisions
B1
Portable tank / bulk container codes
T9
Tank special provisions
TP7 TP33
EmS
F-G, S-N
Stowage and handling
Category E H1 Category E H1
Segregation
SG26 SG35
Properties and observations · source text
White, ductile, soft metal. Floats on water. Readily decomposes in water and reacts violently with acids, evolving hydrogen, which may be ignited by the heat of the reaction. For fire-fighting purposes, dry lithium chloride powder, dry sodium chloride or graphite powder should be carried on board when this substance is transported.

Packing and large packaging instructions

P403

Source pages and references
Referenced provisions:4.1.1 ↗4.1.3 ↗4.1.3.6 ↗

Check original English pages and footnotes ↗ · official PDF 202–202

P403 The following packagings are authorized, provided that the general provisions of 4.1.1 and 4.1.3 are met. Combination packagings Maximum net mass Glass 2 kg Drums Plastic 15 kg steel (1A1, 1A2) 400 kg Metal 20 kg aluminium (1B1, 1B2) 400 kg other metal (1N1, 1N2) 400 kg Inner packagings shall be hermetically plastics (1H1, 1H2) 400 kg sealed (e.g. by taping or by threaded plywood (1D) 400 kg closures). fibre (1G) 400 kg Boxes steel (4A) 400 kg aluminium (4B) 400 kg other metal (4N) 400 kg natural wood (4C1) 250 kg natural wood with sift-proof walls 250 kg (4C2) plywood (4D) 250 kg reconstituted wood (4F) 125 kg fibreboard (4G) 125 kg expanded plastics (4H1) 60 kg solid plastics (4H2) 250 kg Jerricans steel (3A1, 3A2) 120 kg aluminium (3B1, 3B2) 120 kg plastics (3H1, 3H2) 120 kg Single packagings Drums steel (1A1, 1A2) 250 kg aluminium (1B1, 1B2) 250 kg metal other than steel or aluminium (1N1, 1N2) 250 kg plastics (1H1, 1H2) 250 kg Jerricans steel (3A1, 3A2) 120 kg aluminium (3B1, 3B2) 120 kg plastics (3H1, 3H2) 120 kg Composite packagings Plastics receptacle in steel or aluminium drum (6HA1 or 6HB1) 250 kg Plastics receptacle in fibre, plastics or plywood drum (6HG1, 6HH1 or 6HD1) 75 kg Plastics receptacle in steel, aluminium, wood, plywood, fibreboard or solid 75 kg plastics box (6HA2, 6HB2, 6HC, 6HD2, 6HG2 or 6HH2) Pressure receptacles, provided that the general provisions of 4.1.3.6 are met Special packing provisions: PP31 For UN Nos. 1360, 1397, 1402, 1404, 1407, 1409, 1410, 1413, 1414, 1415, 1418, 1419, 1423, 1426, 1427, 1428, 1432, 1433, 1436, 1714, 1870, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2257, 2463, 2806, 2813, 3131, 3132, 3134, 3135, 3208, 3209, 3395, 3396, 3397, 3401, 3402, 3403 and 3404, packagings shall be hermetically sealed. PP83 Deleted

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Special packing provisions

PP31

Applies under P403

Source pages and references

Check original English pages and footnotes ↗ · official PDF 202–202

For UN Nos. 1360, 1397, 1402, 1404, 1407, 1409, 1410, 1413, 1414, 1415, 1418, 1419, 1423, 1426, 1427, 1428, 1432, 1433, 1436, 1714, 1870, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2257, 2463, 2806, 2813, 3131, 3132, 3134, 3135, 3208, 3209, 3395, 3396, 3397, 3401, 3402, 3403 and 3404, packagings shall be hermetically sealed.

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IBC instructions

IBC04

Source pages and references
Referenced provisions:4.1.1 ↗4.1.2 ↗4.1.3 ↗

Check original English pages and footnotes ↗ · official PDF 231–231

IBC04 The following IBCs are authorized, provided the general provisions of 4.1.1, 4.1.2 and 4.1.3 are met: Metal (11A, 11B, 11N, 21A, 21B, 21N, 31A, 31B and 31N). Special packing provision: B1 For packing group I substances, IBCs shall be carried in closed cargo transport units or in freight containers/ vehicles, which shall have rigid sides or fences at least to the height of the IBC.

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IBC special provisions

B1

Applies under IBC04

Source pages and references

Check original English pages and footnotes ↗ · official PDF 231–231

For packing group I substances, IBCs shall be carried in closed cargo transport units or in freight containers/ vehicles, which shall have rigid sides or fences at least to the height of the IBC.

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Portable tank instructions

T9

Source pages and references
Referenced provisions:4.2.1 ↗6.7.2 ↗6.7.2.8 ↗6.7.2.6 ↗6.7.2.4 ↗

Check original English pages and footnotes ↗ · official PDF 260–267

These portable tank instructions apply to liquid and solid substances of class 1 and classes 3 to 9. The general provisions of section 4.2.1 and the requirements of section 6.7.2 shall be met. The instructions for portable tanks with FRP shells apply to substances of classes or divisions 1, 3, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 8 and 9. Additionally, the provisions of chapter 6.10 apply to the portable tanks with FRP shells.

T9 · Selected instruction · IMDG 42-24
Portable tank instructionMinimum test pressure (bar)Minimum shell thickness (in mm – reference steel) (see 6.7.2.4)Pressure relief provisionsa (see 6.7.2.8)Bottom opening provisionsb (see 6.7.2.6)
T946 mmNormalNot allowed

a When the word “Normal” is indicated, all the provisions of 6.7.2.8 apply except for 6.7.2.8.3. b When this column indicates “not allowed”, bottom openings are not permitted when the substance to be transported is a liquid (see 6.7.2.6.1). When the substance to be transported is a solid at all temperatures encountered under normal conditions of transport, bottom openings conforming to the provisions of 6.7.2.6.2 are authorized.

Source PDF pages：264 · 42-24

Extracted source text
S T1 – T22 These portable tank instructions apply to liquid and solid substances of class 1 and classes 3 to 9. The general provisions of section 4.2.1 and the requirements of section 6.7.2 shall be met. The instructions for portable tanks with FRP shells apply to substances of classes or divisions 1, 3, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 8 and 9. Additionally, the provisions of chapter 6.10 apply to the portable tanks with FRP shells. Minimum shell thickness Pressure relief Bottom opening (in mm – reference provisionsa provisionsb instruction pressure (bar) steel) (see 6.7.2.8) (see 6.7.2.6) (see 6.7.2.4) 4 6 mm Normal Not allowed

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Tank special provisions

TP33

Source pages and references
Referenced provisions:4.2.1.19 ↗

Check original English pages and footnotes ↗ · official PDF 267–269

The portable tank instruction assigned for this substance applies for granular and powdered solids and for solids which are filled and discharged at temperatures above their melting point and which are cooled and transported as a solid mass. For solids which are transported above their melting point, see 4.2.1.19.

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Handling provisions

Segregation codes

SG26

Source pages and references

Check original English pages and footnotes ↗ · official PDF 493–493

In addition: from goods of classes 2.1 and 3 when stowed on deck of a containership a minimum distance of two container spaces athwartship shall be maintained, when stowed on ro-ro ships a distance of 6 m athwartship shall be maintained.

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Dangerous when wet 4.3
Dangerous when wet 4.3

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