ADR hazard number 268

Hazard identification number 268 on the orange plate: toxic gas that is also corrosive.

Printed in the upper half of the orange-coloured plate above the UN number, 268 identifies a toxic gas that is also corrosive.

Digit by digit
2gas given off, either because of pressure or through a chemical reaction
6toxic, or a risk of infection
8corrosive

Note. Number and meaning pairing checked against a second text extraction of the list.

Refers to: 5.3.2.3.1; 5.3.2.2.3; Table A column (20).

Carried by 15 Table A entries

UN 1005 · UN 1008 · UN 1048 · UN 1050 · UN 1076 · UN 1079 · UN 1741 · UN 1859 · UN 2197 · UN 2417 · UN 2420 · UN 3057 · UN 3304 · UN 3308 · UN 3318

Source: ADR 2025 (ECE/TRANS/352), Volume II, section 5.3.2.3.2, 268, page 267.

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