ADR hazard number 642

Hazard identification number 642 on the orange plate: toxic solid that gives off flammable gas on contact with water.

Printed in the upper half of the orange-coloured plate above the UN number, 642 identifies a toxic solid that gives off flammable gas on contact with water. This is one of the figure combinations that 5.3.2.3.1 gives a special meaning, read as a whole rather than figure by figure.

Digit by digit
6toxic, or a risk of infection
4flammable solid, or a self-heating solid
2gas given off, either because of pressure or through a chemical reaction

Note. 5.3.2.3.1 lists 642 among the combinations with a special meaning, so read it as a whole from the 5.3.2.3.2 list; the per-figure reading in digits[] does not fully apply. 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 3 Table A entries

UN 3048 · UN 3125

Source: ADR 2025 (ECE/TRANS/352), Volume II, section 5.3.2.3.2, 642, page 268.

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