ADR hazard number 559
Hazard identification number 559 on the orange plate: strongly oxidizing (fire-intensifying) substance able to lead spontaneously to a violent reaction.
Printed in the upper half of the orange-coloured plate above the UN number, 559 identifies a strongly oxidizing (fire-intensifying) substance able to lead spontaneously to a violent reaction. A repeated figure means that hazard is intensified.
| 5 | oxidizing effect: the substance intensifies fire |
|---|---|
| 5 | repeated 5: doubling a figure means that hazard (oxidizing effect) is intensified |
| 9 | risk of a spontaneous violent reaction (by the nature of the substance: explosion, disintegration or polymerization with much heat or flammable and/or toxic gases released) |
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 2 Table A entries
Source: ADR 2025 (ECE/TRANS/352), Volume II, section 5.3.2.3.2, 559, page 268.
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