Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2012C00858:reg:3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2012C00858
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3
Character Range: 24678–29626

3                                                                                                                                                                        H3    Flammable Liquids
                                                                                                                                                                               The word "flammable" has the same meaning as "inflammable".  Flammable liquids are liquids, or mixtures of liquids, or liquids containing solids in solution or suspension (for example, paints, varnishes, lacquers, etc., but not including substances or wastes otherwise classified on account of their dangerous characteristics) which give off flammable vapour at temperatures of not more than 60.5 degrees Celsius, closed‑cup test, or not more than 65.6 degrees Celsius, open‑cup test.  (Since the results of open‑cup tests and of closed cup tests are not strictly comparable and even individual results by the same test are often variable, regulations varying from the above figures to make allowances for such differences would be within the spirit  of the definition.)
4.1                                                                                                                                                                      H4.1  Flammable solids
                                                                                                                                                                               Solids or waste solids, other than those classified as explosives, which under conditions encountered in transport are readily combustible, or may cause or contribute to fire through friction.
4.2                                                                                                                                                                      H4.2  Substances or wastes liable to spontaneous combustion
                                                                                                                                                                               Substances or wastes which are liable to spontaneous heating under normal conditions encountered in transport, or to heating up in contact with air, and being then liable to catch fire.
4.3                                                                                                                                                                      H4.3  Substances or wastes which, in contact with water, emit flammable gases
                                                                                                                                                                               Substances or wastes which, by interaction with water, are liable to become spontaneously flammable or to give off flammable gases in dangerous quantities.
5.1                                                                                                                                                                      H5.1  Oxidising
                                                                                                                                                                               Substances or wastes which, while in themselves not necessarily combustible, may, generally by yielding oxygen, cause or contribute to, the combustion of other materials.
5.2                                                                                                                                                                      H5.2  Organic peroxides
                                                                                                                                                                               Organic substances or wastes which contain the bivalent‑O‑O‑structure are  thermally unstable substances which may undergo exothermic self‑accelerating decomposition.
6.1                                                                                                                                                                      H6.1  Poisonous (acute)
                                                                                                                                                                               Substances or wastes liable either to cause death or serious injury or to harm human health if swallowed or inhaled or by skin contact.
6.2                                                                                                                                                                      H6.2  Infectious substances
                                                                                                                                                                               Substances or wastes containing viable micro‑organisms or their toxins which are known or suspected to cause disease in animals or humans.