List of UN Numbers 1401 to 1500
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UN 1401 to UN 1500
| UN Number | Class | Proper Shipping Name |
|---|---|---|
| UN 1401 | 4.3 | Calcium Calcium Calcium is the chemical element with the symbol Ca and atomic number 20. It has an atomic mass of 40.078 amu. Calcium is a soft gray alkaline earth metal, and is the fifth-most-abundant element by mass in the Earth's crust... |
| UN 1402 | 4.3 | Calcium carbide Calcium carbide thumb|right|Calcium carbide.Calcium carbide is a chemical compound with the chemical formula of CaC2. The pure material is colorless, however pieces of technical grade calcium carbide are grey or brown and consist of only 80-85% of CaC2 . Because of presence of PH3, NH3, and H2S it has a... |
| UN 1403 | 4.3 | Calcium cyanamide Calcium cyanamide Calcium cyanamide or CaCN2 is a calcium compound used as fertilizer, first synthesized in 1898 by Adolph Frank and Nikodem Caro . It is formed when calcium carbide reacts with nitrogen. It is commercially known as Nitrolime.... with more than 0.1 percent of calcium carbide |
| UN 1404 | 4.3 | Calcium hydride Calcium hydride Calcium hydride is the chemical compound with the formula CaH2. This grey powder reacts vigorously with water liberating hydrogen gas. CaH2 is thus used as a drying agent, i.e. a desiccant.... |
| UN 1405 | 4.3 | Calcium silicide Calcium silicide Calcium silicide , also called calcium disilicide, is an inorganic compound, a silicide of calcium. It is a whitish or dark grey to black solid matter with melting point 1033°C. It is insoluble in water, but may decompose when subjected to moisture, evolving hydrogen and producing calcium... |
| UN 1407 | 4.3 | Caesium Caesium Caesium or cesium is the chemical element with the symbol Cs and atomic number 55. It is a soft, silvery-gold alkali metal with a melting point of 28 °C , which makes it one of only five elemental metals that are liquid at room temperature... or Cesium |
| UN 1408 | 4.3 | Ferrosilicon Ferrosilicon Ferrosilicon, or ferrosilicium, is a ferroalloy, an alloy of iron and silicon with between 15% and 90% silicon. It contains a high proportion of iron silicides. Its melting point is about 1200 °C to 1250 °C with a boiling point of 2355 °C... , with 30 percent or more but less than 90 percent silicon |
| UN 1409 | 4.3 | Metal hydrides, water-reactive, n.o.s. |
| UN 1410 | 4.3 | Lithium aluminium hydride Lithium aluminium hydride Lithium aluminium hydride, commonly abbreviated to LAH or known as LithAl, is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula LiAlH4. It was discovered by Finholt, Bond and Schlesinger in 1947. This compound is used as a reducing agent in organic synthesis, especially for the reduction of esters,... |
| UN 1411 | 4.3 | Lithium aluminium hydride, ethereal |
| UN 1413 | 4.3 | Lithium borohydride Lithium borohydride Lithium borohydride is a tetrahydroborate and known in organic synthesis as a reducing agent for esters. Although less common than the related sodium borohydride, the lithium salt offers some advantages of being highly soluble in ethers and being a stronger reducing agent but still safer to... |
| UN 1414 | 4.3 | Lithium hydride Lithium hydride Lithium hydride is the inorganic compound with the formula LiH. It is a colorless solid, although commercial samples are gray. Characteristic of a salt-like, or ionic, hydride, it has a high melting point and is not soluble in any solvent with which it does not react... |
| UN 1415 | 4.3 | Lithium Lithium Lithium is a soft, silver-white metal that belongs to the alkali metal group of chemical elements. It is represented by the symbol Li, and it has the atomic number 3. Under standard conditions it is the lightest metal and the least dense solid element. Like all alkali metals, lithium is highly... |
| UN 1417 | 4.3 | Lithium silicon |
| UN 1418 | 4.3 | Magnesium Magnesium Magnesium is a chemical element with the symbol Mg, atomic number 12, and common oxidation number +2. It is an alkaline earth metal and the eighth most abundant element in the Earth's crust and ninth in the known universe as a whole... , powder or Magnesium alloys, powder |
| UN 1419 | 4.3 | Magnesium aluminium phosphide |
| UN 1420 | 4.3 | Potassium Potassium Potassium is the chemical element with the symbol K and atomic number 19. Elemental potassium is a soft silvery-white alkali metal that oxidizes rapidly in air and is very reactive with water, generating sufficient heat to ignite the hydrogen emitted in the reaction.Potassium and sodium are... , metal alloy Alloy An alloy is a mixture or metallic solid solution composed of two or more elements. Complete solid solution alloys give single solid phase microstructure, while partial solutions give two or more phases that may or may not be homogeneous in distribution, depending on thermal history... s |
| UN 1421 | 4.3 | Alkali metal Alkali metal The alkali metals are a series of chemical elements in the periodic table. In the modern IUPAC nomenclature, the alkali metals comprise the group 1 elements, along with hydrogen. The alkali metals are lithium , sodium , potassium , rubidium , caesium , and francium... alloys, liquid, n.o.s. |
| UN 1422 | 4.3 | Potassium Potassium Potassium is the chemical element with the symbol K and atomic number 19. Elemental potassium is a soft silvery-white alkali metal that oxidizes rapidly in air and is very reactive with water, generating sufficient heat to ignite the hydrogen emitted in the reaction.Potassium and sodium are... sodium Sodium Sodium is a chemical element with the symbol Na and atomic number 11. It is a soft, silvery-white, highly reactive metal and is a member of the alkali metals; its only stable isotope is 23Na. It is an abundant element that exists in numerous minerals, most commonly as sodium chloride... alloys |
| UN 1423 | 4.3 | Rubidium Rubidium Rubidium is a chemical element with the symbol Rb and atomic number 37. Rubidium is a soft, silvery-white metallic element of the alkali metal group. Its atomic mass is 85.4678. Elemental rubidium is highly reactive, with properties similar to those of other elements in group 1, such as very rapid... |
| UN 1426 | 4.3 | Sodium borohydride Sodium borohydride Sodium borohydride, also known as sodium tetrahydridoborate, is an inorganic compound with the formula NaBH4. This white solid, usually encountered as a powder, is a versatile reducing agent that finds wide application in chemistry, both in the laboratory and on a technical scale. Large amounts are... |
| UN 1427 | 4.3 | Sodium hydride Sodium hydride Sodium hydride is the chemical compound with the empirical formula NaH. It is primarily used as a strong base in organic synthesis. NaH is representative of the saline hydrides, meaning it is a salt-like hydride, composed of Na+ and H− ions, in contrast to the more molecular hydrides such as... |
| UN 1428 | 4.3 | Sodium Sodium Sodium is a chemical element with the symbol Na and atomic number 11. It is a soft, silvery-white, highly reactive metal and is a member of the alkali metals; its only stable isotope is 23Na. It is an abundant element that exists in numerous minerals, most commonly as sodium chloride... |
| UN 1431 | 4.2 | Sodium methylate |
| UN 1432 | 4.3 | Sodium phosphide Sodium phosphide Sodium phosphide, Na3P, is a black, ionic salt containing the alkali metal sodium and the phosphide anion. Na3P is a source of the highly reactive phosphide anion... |
| UN 1433 | 4.3 | Stannic phosphide |
| UN 1435 | 4.3 | Zinc Zinc Zinc , or spelter , is a metallic chemical element; it has the symbol Zn and atomic number 30. It is the first element in group 12 of the periodic table. Zinc is, in some respects, chemically similar to magnesium, because its ion is of similar size and its only common oxidation state is +2... ashes |
| UN 1436 | 4.3 | Zinc powder or Zinc dust |
| UN 1437 | 4.1 | Zirconium hydride Zirconium hydride Zirconium hydride is an inorganic chemical compound, a hydride of zirconium with the formula ZrHx. Whereas x can be as large as 4, the most common values are between 1 and 2. Zirconium hydrides form upon reaction of zirconium metal with hydrogen gas. They behave as typical metals in terms of... |
| UN 1438 | 5.1 | Aluminium nitrate Aluminium nitrate Aluminium nitrate is a salt of aluminium and nitric acid, existing normally as a crystalline hydrate, most commonly as aluminium nitrate nonahydrate, Al3·9H2O, with a molecular formula weight of 212.996 g/mol.-Preparation:... |
| UN 1439 | 5.1 | Ammonium dichromate Ammonium dichromate Ammonium dichromate is the inorganic compound with the formula 2Cr2O7. In this compound, as in all chromates and dichromates, chromium is in a +6 oxidation state, commonly known as hexavalent chromium... |
| UN 1442 | 5.1 | Ammonium perchlorate Ammonium perchlorate Ammonium perchlorate is an inorganic compound with the formula NH4ClO4. It is the salt of perchloric acid and ammonia. It is a powerful oxidizer, which is why its main use is in solid propellants... |
| UN 1444 | 5.1 | Ammonium persulfate Ammonium persulfate Ammonium persulfate 2S2O8 is a strong oxidizing agent. It is very soluble in water; the dissolution of the salt in water is endothermic. It is a radical initiator. It is used to etch copper on printed circuit boards as an alternative to ferric chloride solution... |
| UN 1445 | 5.1 | Barium chlorate Barium chlorate Barium chlorate is a white crystalline solid. It is an irritant, as are all barium compounds. If consumed, barium chlorate can cause nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. It is used in pyrotechnics to produce a green color... |
| UN 1446 | 5.1 | Barium nitrate Barium nitrate Barium nitrate with chemical formula Ba2 is a salt of barium and the nitrate ion.Barium nitrate exists as a white solid at room temperature. It is soluble in water, and like other soluble barium compounds, is toxic and should be handled with care... |
| UN 1447 | 5.1 | Barium perchlorate |
| UN 1448 | 5.1 | Barium permanganate |
| UN 1449 | 5.1 | Barium peroxide Barium peroxide Barium peroxide is the chemical compound with the formula BaO2. This grey-white solid is one of the most common inorganic peroxides. Barium peroxide is an oxidizing agent, which is used for bleaching... |
| UN 1450 | 5.1 | Bromate Bromate The bromate anion, BrO, is a bromine-based oxoanion. A bromate is a chemical compound that contains this ion. Examples of bromates include sodium bromate, , and potassium bromate, .Bromates are formed many different ways in municipal drinking water... s, inorganic, n.o.s. |
| UN 1451 | 5.1 | Caesium nitrate Caesium nitrate Caesium nitrate is a chemical compound with the chemical formula CsNO3. It is used in pyrotechnic compositions, as a colorant and an oxidizer, e.g. in decoys and illumination flares... or Cesium nitrate |
| UN 1452 | 5.1 | Calcium chlorate Calcium chlorate Calcium chlorate is the calcium salt of chloric acid with the chemical formula of Ca2. Like potassium chlorate, it is a strong oxidizer and can be used in pyrotechnic formulations. It is a crystalline substance... |
| UN 1453 | 5.1 | Calcium chlorite |
| UN 1454 | 5.1 | Calcium nitrate Calcium nitrate Calcium nitrate, also called Norgessalpeter , is the inorganic compound with the formula Ca2. This colourless salt absorbs moisture from the air and is commonly found as a tetrahydrate. It is mainly used as a component in fertilizers but is found other applications... |
| UN 1455 | 5.1 | Calcium perchlorate |
| UN 1456 | 5.1 | Calcium permanganate Calcium permanganate Calcium permanganate is an oxidizing agent. It consists of the metal calcium and two permanganate ions. It is noncombustible, but it will accelerate the burning of combustible material. If the combustible material is finely divided, the mixture may be explosive. Contact with liquid combustible... |
| UN 1457 | 5.1 | Calcium peroxide Calcium peroxide Calcium peroxide is a solid peroxide with a white or yellowish color. For all practical purposes calcium peroxide is insoluble in water but will dissolve in acid to form hydrogen peroxide... |
| UN 1458 | 5.1 | Chlorate Chlorate The chlorate anion has the formula ClO. In this case, the chlorine atom is in the +5 oxidation state. "Chlorate" can also refer to chemical compounds containing this anion; chlorates are the salts of chloric acid. "Chlorate", when followed by a roman numeral in parentheses, e.g... and borate Borate Borates are chemical compounds which contain oxoanions of boron in oxidation state +3. The simplest borate ion, BO33−, has a trigonal planar structure. Other borates are made up of trigonal BO3 or tetrahedral BO4 structural units, sharing oxygen atoms... mixtures |
| UN 1459 | 5.1 | Chlorat und Magnesiumchlorid, Mischung |
| UN 1461 | 5.1 | Chlorates, inorganic, n.o.s. |
| UN 1462 | 5.1 | Chlorite Chlorite The chlorite ion is ClO2−. A chlorite is a compound that contains this group,with chlorine in oxidation state +3. Chlorites are also known as salts of chlorous acid.-Oxidation states:... s, inorganic, n.o.s. |
| UN 1463 | 5.1 | Chromium trioxide Chromium trioxide Chromium trioxide is the inorganic compound with the formula CrO3. It is the acidic anhydride of chromic acid, and is sometimes marketed under the same name.This compound is a dark-red/orange brown solid, which dissolves in water concomitant with hydrolysis... , anhydrous |
| UN 1465 | 5.1 | Didymium nitrate |
| UN 1466 | 5.1 | Ferric nitrate |
| UN 1467 | 5.1 | Guanidine nitrate Guanidine nitrate Guanidine nitrate is a high energy fuel used in some gas generator and solid rocket propellant applications.-Overview:Guanidine nitrate is the salt formed from guanidine and nitric acid. It has the chemical formula C3NO3. It has been used as a monopropellant in the Jetex engine for model airplanes.... |
| UN 1469 | 5.1 | Lead nitrate |
| UN 1470 | 5.1 | Lead perchlorate, solid or Lead perchlorate, solution |
| UN 1471 | 5.1 | Lithium hypochlorite Lithium hypochlorite Lithium hypochlorite is the colorless, crystalline lithium salt of hypochlorous acid with the chemical formula of LiClO. It is used as a disinfectant for pools and a reagent for some chemical reactions.-Safety:... , dry or Lithium hypochlorite mixtures, dry |
| UN 1472 | 5.1 | Lithium peroxide Lithium peroxide Lithium peroxide is the inorganic compound with the formula Li2O2. This solid was deployed to remove CO2 from the atmosphere in the vehicles used in Apollo mission.-Preparation:... |
| UN 1473 | 5.1 | Magnesium bromate |
| UN 1474 | 5.1 | Magnesium nitrate Magnesium nitrate Magnesium nitrate is a hygroscopic salt with the formula Mg2. In air, it quickly forms the hexahydrate with the formula Mg2·6H2O . It is very soluble in both water and ethanol.-Uses:... |
| UN 1475 | 5.1 | Magnesium perchlorate Magnesium perchlorate Magnesium perchlorate is a powerful oxidizing agent, with the formula Mg2.Magnesium perchlorate decomposes at 250 °C. The heat of formation is -568.90 kJ mol-1.... |
| UN 1476 | 5.1 | Magnesium peroxide Magnesium peroxide Magnesium peroxide is a fine powder peroxide with a white to off-white color. It is similar to calcium peroxide because magnesium peroxide also releases oxygen by breaking down at a controlled rate with a hydrous fluid... |
| UN 1477 | 5.1 | Nitrate Nitrate The nitrate ion is a polyatomic ion with the molecular formula NO and a molecular mass of 62.0049 g/mol. It is the conjugate base of nitric acid, consisting of one central nitrogen atom surrounded by three identically-bonded oxygen atoms in a trigonal planar arrangement. The nitrate ion carries a... s, inorganic, n.o.s. |
| UN 1479 | 5.1 | Oxidizing solid, n.o.s. |
| UN 1481 | 5.1 | Perchlorate Perchlorate Perchlorates are the salts derived from perchloric acid . They occur both naturally and through manufacturing. They have been used as a medicine for more than 50 years to treat thyroid gland disorders. They are used extensively within the pyrotechnics industry, and ammonium perchlorate is also a... s, inorganic, n.o.s. |
| UN 1482 | 5.1 | Permanganate Permanganate A permanganate is the general name for a chemical compound containing the manganate ion, . Because manganese is in the +7 oxidation state, the permanganate ion is a strong oxidizing agent. The ion has tetrahedral geometry... s, inorganic, n.o.s. |
| UN 1483 | 5.1 | Peroxide Peroxide A peroxide is a compound containing an oxygen–oxygen single bond or the peroxide anion .The O−O group is called the peroxide group or peroxo group. In contrast to oxide ions, the oxygen atoms in the peroxide ion have an oxidation state of −1.The simplest stable peroxide is hydrogen peroxide... s, inorganic, n.o.s. |
| UN 1484 | 5.1 | Potassium bromate Potassium bromate Potassium bromate , is a bromate of potassium and takes the form of white crystals or powder.-Uses in baking:Potassium bromate is typically used as a flour improver , strengthening the dough and allowing higher rising. It is an oxidizing agent, and under the right conditions, will be completely... |
| UN 1485 | 5.1 | Potassium chlorate Potassium chlorate Potassium chlorate is a compound containing potassium, chlorine and oxygen atoms, with the molecular formula KClO3. In its pure form, it is a white crystalline substance. It is the most common chlorate in industrial use... |
| UN 1486 | 5.1 | Potassium nitrate Potassium nitrate Potassium nitrate is a chemical compound with the formula KNO3. It is an ionic salt of potassium ions K+ and nitrate ions NO3−.It occurs as a mineral niter and is a natural solid source of nitrogen. Its common names include saltpetre , from medieval Latin sal petræ: "stone salt" or possibly "Salt... |
| UN 1487 | 5.1 | Potassium nitrate and sodium nitrite Sodium nitrite Sodium nitrite is the inorganic compound with the chemical formula NaNO2. It is a white to slight yellowish crystalline powder that is very soluble in water and is hygroscopic... mixtures |
| UN 1488 | 5.1 | Potassium nitrite Potassium nitrite Potassium nitrite is a salt with chemical formula 2.It is a strong oxidizer and may accelerate the combustion of other materials. Like other nitrite salts such as sodium nitrite, potassium nitrite is toxic if swallowed, and laboratory tests suggest that it may be mutagenic or teratogenic... |
| UN 1489 | 5.1 | Potassium perchlorate Potassium perchlorate Potassium perchlorate is the inorganic salt with the chemical formula KClO4. Like other perchlorates, this salt is a strong oxidizer and potentially reacts with many organic substances... , solid or Potassium perchlorate, solution |
| UN 1490 | 5.1 | Potassium permanganate Potassium permanganate Potassium permanganate is an inorganic chemical compound with the formula KMnO4. It is a salt consisting of K+ and MnO4− ions. Formerly known as permanganate of potash or Condy's crystals, it is a strong oxidizing agent. It dissolves in water to give intensely purple solutions, the... |
| UN 1491 | 5.1 | Potassium peroxide Potassium peroxide Potassium peroxide is an inorganic compound with the molecular formula K2O2. It is formed as potassium reacts with oxygen in the air, along with potassium oxide and potassium superoxide .... |
| UN 1492 | 5.1 | Potassium persulfate |
| UN 1493 | 5.1 | Silver nitrate Silver nitrate Silver nitrate is an inorganic compound with chemical formula . This compound is a versatile precursor to many other silver compounds, such as those used in photography. It is far less sensitive to light than the halides... |
| UN 1494 | 5.1 | Sodium bromate Sodium bromate Sodium bromate, the inorganic compound with the chemical formula of NaBrO3, is the sodium salt of bromic acid. It is a strong oxidant, mainly used in continuous or batch dyeing processes involving sulfur or vat dyes and as a hair-permagent, chemical agent, or gold solvent in gold mines when used... |
| UN 1495 | 5.1 | Sodium chlorate Sodium chlorate Sodium chlorate is a chemical compound with the chemical formula . When pure, it is a white crystalline powder that is readily soluble in water. It is hygroscopic. It decomposes above 250 °C to release oxygen and leave sodium chloride... |
| UN 1496 | 5.1 | Sodium chlorite Sodium chlorite Sodium chlorite is a chemical compound used in the manufacture of paper.-Use:The main application of sodium chlorite is the generation of chlorine dioxide for bleaching and stripping of textiles, pulp, and paper. It is also used for disinfection of a few municipal water treatment plants after... |
| UN 1498 | 5.1 | Sodium nitrate Sodium nitrate Sodium nitrate is the chemical compound with the formula NaNO3. This salt, also known as Chile saltpeter or Peru saltpeter to distinguish it from ordinary saltpeter, potassium nitrate, is a white solid which is very soluble in water... |
| UN 1499 | 5.1 | Sodium nitrate Sodium nitrate Sodium nitrate is the chemical compound with the formula NaNO3. This salt, also known as Chile saltpeter or Peru saltpeter to distinguish it from ordinary saltpeter, potassium nitrate, is a white solid which is very soluble in water... and potassium nitrate Potassium nitrate Potassium nitrate is a chemical compound with the formula KNO3. It is an ionic salt of potassium ions K+ and nitrate ions NO3−.It occurs as a mineral niter and is a natural solid source of nitrogen. Its common names include saltpetre , from medieval Latin sal petræ: "stone salt" or possibly "Salt... mixtures |
| UN 1500 | 5.1 | Sodium nitrite Sodium nitrite Sodium nitrite is the inorganic compound with the chemical formula NaNO2. It is a white to slight yellowish crystalline powder that is very soluble in water and is hygroscopic... |