Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements
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UN Class 5 Code Characteristics<br />
4.1 H4.1 Flammable solids<br />
Solids, or waste solids, o<strong>the</strong>r than those<br />
classed as explosives, which under c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s<br />
encountered in transport are readily<br />
combustible, or may cause or c<strong>on</strong>tribute to fire<br />
through fricti<strong>on</strong>.<br />
4.2 H4.2<br />
4.3 H4.3<br />
Substances or wastes liable to sp<strong>on</strong>taneous<br />
combusti<strong>on</strong><br />
Substances or wastes which are liable to<br />
sp<strong>on</strong>taneous heating under normal c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s<br />
encountered in transport, or to heating up <strong>on</strong><br />
c<strong>on</strong>tact with air, and being <strong>the</strong>n liable to catch<br />
fire.<br />
Substances or wastes which, in c<strong>on</strong>tact with<br />
water emit flammable gases<br />
Substances or wastes which, by interacti<strong>on</strong><br />
with water, are liable to become sp<strong>on</strong>taneously<br />
flammable or to give <strong>of</strong>f flammable gases in<br />
dangerous quantities.<br />
5.1 H5.1 Oxidizing<br />
Substances or wastes which, while in<br />
<strong>the</strong>mselves not necessarily combustible,<br />
may, generally by yielding oxygen cause,<br />
or c<strong>on</strong>tribute to, <strong>the</strong> combusti<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r<br />
materials.<br />
5.2 H5.2 Organic Peroxides<br />
Organic substances or wastes which c<strong>on</strong>tain<br />
<strong>the</strong> bivalent-o-o-structure are <strong>the</strong>rmally<br />
unstable substances which may undergo<br />
exo<strong>the</strong>rmic self-accelerating decompositi<strong>on</strong>.<br />
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