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To: cookcounty
More from the FedEx hazmat guy:

The IATA UN classification numbers for explosives all begin with zero., so that "23---" probably is something else. There isn't any 023x that falls into 1.1, either

HMX is UN 0226
RDX is UN 0072
PETN is UN 0150

132 posted on 10/28/2004 5:41:46 PM PDT by cookcounty (WWW-Will John Kerry seek a 4th Purple Heart for fingers burnt in the Battle of Al-Qa Qaa?)
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To: cookcounty

UN0484 HMX, desensitized (HMX Dry or unphlegmatized) I think is what would be closer, but after watching the video I don't think that is what it is. Here is what I think it is.

The 6 label in the video is definitely a toxic inhalation hazard. I've never seen an X before. They are always in zones A, B, C or D. That is internationally. The label is probably a subsidiary (secondary)risk label of another primary risk. * This is rare for a munition.

The ONLY 1.1D Blasting Agent in a dry form that has a subsidiary Hazard of 6. (Toxic Inhalation Hazard) is; Dinitrophenol UN0076

Amazingly it has the same physical characteristics as those shown in the picture.

There is one other 1.1D/6 but that is a liquid and is also in the nitro family - Nitroglycerine.

Dinitrophenol is a blasting agent commonly used in "melt and pour" operations when manufacturing explosives.

Your UN0226 is for wetted with not less than 15% or more water by weight.
Your UN0072 is fro wetted with not less than 15% water by weight

You are correct about the 1.1D with a UN# beginning with 23..there ain't one I can find.


146 posted on 10/28/2004 5:55:02 PM PDT by MP5SD
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