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.

Polyhalogenated biphenyls ==> Potassium sodium alloys,

Name of MaterialGuideUN#ISO
Current as of: Oct. 2, 2011
Polyhalogenated biphenyls, liquid1713151
Polyhalogenated biphenyls, solid1713152
Polyhalogenated biphenyls, solid1713152
Polyhalogenated terphenyls, liquid1713151
Polyhalogenated terphenyls, solid1713152
Polyhalogenated terphenyls, solid1713152
Polymeric beads, expandable1332211
Polystyrene beads, expandable1332211
Potassium1382257
Potassium arsenate1511677
Potassium arsenite1541678
Potassium borohydride1381870
Potassium bromate1401484
Potassium chlorate1401485
Potassium chlorate, aqueous solution1402427
Potassium chlorate, solution1402427
Potassium cuprocyanide1571679
Potassium cyanide1571680
Potassium cyanide, solid1571680
Potassium cyanide, solution1573413
Potassium dithionite1351929
Potassium fluoride1541812
Potassium fluoride, solid1541812
Potassium fluoride, solution1543422
Potassium fluoroacetate1512628
Potassium fluorosilicate1512655
Potassium hydrogen difluoride, solid1541811
Potassium hydrogen difluoride, solution1543421
Potassium hydrogen sulfate1542509
Potassium hydrogen sulphate1542509
Potassium hydrogendifluoride1541811
Potassium hydrosulfite1351929
Potassium hydrosulphite1351929
Potassium hydroxide, dry, solid1541813
Potassium hydroxide, flake1541813
Potassium hydroxide, solid1541813
Potassium hydroxide, solution1541814
Potassium metavanadate1512864
Potassium monoxide1542033
Potassium nitrate1401486
Potassium nitrate and Sodium nitrate mixture1401499
Potassium nitrate and Sodium nitrite mixture1401487
Potassium nitrite1401488
Potassium perchlorate1401489
Potassium permanganate1401490
Potassium permanganate1401490
Potassium peroxide1441491
Potassium persulfate1401492
Potassium persulphate1401492
Potassium phosphide1392012
Potassium silicofluoride1512655
Potassium sodium alloys1381422

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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