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Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG)

This is an online version of the 2008 Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) which is produced by the USDOT for first responders during the initial phase of a Dangerous goods/Hazardous Materials incident. Have you ever wondered what those four digit numbers on the placards on the side of trucks and rail cars mean? Our online ERG will give you your answer.

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Aluminum phosphide ==> Ammonium nitrate gel

Name of MaterialGuideUN#ISO
Current as of: Oct. 2, 2011
Aluminum phosphide1391397
Aluminum phosphide pesticide1573048
Aluminum powder, coated1701309
Aluminum powder, pyrophoric1351383
Aluminum powder, uncoated1381396
Aluminum processing by-products1383170
Aluminum remelting by-products1383170
Aluminum resinate1332715
Aluminum silicon powder, uncoated1381398
Aluminum smelting by-products1383170
Aluminum, molten1699260
Amines, flammable, corrosive, n.o.s.1322733
Amines, liquid, corrosive, flammable, n.o.s.1322734
Amines, liquid, corrosive, n.o.s.1532735
Amines, solid, corrosive, n.o.s.1543259
Aminophenols1522512
Aminopyridines1532671
Ammonia solution, with more than 50% Ammonia1253318Yes
Ammonia, anhydrous1251005Yes
Ammonia, solution, with more than 10% but not more than 35% Ammonia1542672
Ammonia, solution, with more than 35% but not more than 50% Ammonia1252073
Ammonium arsenate1511546
Ammonium bifluoride, solid1541727
Ammonium bifluoride, solution1542817
Ammonium dichromate1411439
Ammonium dinitro-o-cresolate1411843
Ammonium dinitro-o-cresolate, solid1411843
Ammonium dinitro-o-cresolate, solution1413424
Ammonium fluoride1542505
Ammonium fluorosilicate1512854
Ammonium hydrogen fluoride, solid1541727
Ammonium hydrogen fluoride, solution1542817
Ammonium hydrogen sulfate1542506
Ammonium hydrogen sulphate1542506
Ammonium hydrogendifluoride, solid1541727
Ammonium hydrogendifluoride, solution1542817
Ammonium hydroxide1542672
Ammonium hydroxide, with more than 10% but not more than 35% Ammonia1542672
Ammonium metavanadate1542859
Ammonium nitrate emulsion1403375
Ammonium nitrate fertilizer, n.o.s.1402072
Ammonium nitrate fertilizer, with not more than 0.4% combustible material1402071
Ammonium nitrate fertilizers1402067
Ammonium nitrate fertilizers1402071
Ammonium nitrate fertilizers1402072
Ammonium nitrate fertilizers, with Ammonium sulfate1402069
Ammonium nitrate fertilizers, with Ammonium sulphate1402069
Ammonium nitrate fertilizers, with Calcium carbonate1402068
Ammonium nitrate fertilizers, with Phosphate or Potash1432070
Ammonium nitrate gel1403375

Data Source for our online 2008 ERG

This information was compiled from the 2008 Emergency Response Guidebook (2008 ERG) which is produced by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

(Data last updated/verified: Oct. 2, 2011)

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