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Hydrogen sulfide

HMT 15 June 2026

UN / ID: UN 1053
Hazard class: 2.3
Packing group: — (multiple — see tabs)
ERG guide: ERG 117
Special provisions: SP 2, SP B9, SP B14, SP N89
Source: 49 CFR §172 (15 June 2026)

Hydrogen sulfide

Hydrogen sulfide (preferred IUPAC name and American English) or hydrogen sulphide (Commonwealth English) is a chemical compound with the formula H2S. It is a colorless, toxic, and flammable hydrogen chalcogenide gas. Trace amounts in ambient atmosphere have a characteristic foul odor of rotten eggs. Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele is credited with having discovered the chemical composition of purified hydrogen sulfide in 1777. Hydrogen sulfide is toxic to humans and most other animals by inhibiting cellular respiration in a manner similar to hydrogen cyanide Wikipedia

Substance Data

Source: PubChem (HSDB, 15.12.2019)

CAS-Number

7783-06-4

Flash Point

—

Boiling Point

—

Emergency Response Guide No. 117

Hazardous Materials Table

Source: 49 CFR §172 (15 June 2026)

Packing group
Packing group

(3) Hazard class

2.3
Poisonous gas

(4) Identification number

UN 1053

(5) Packing Group

—

Comparison View of PG

(6) Labels

(7) Special Provisions (§172.102)

×Note:
Special provisions may be very complex. The extracts are taken from 49 CFR §172.102. Please be careful with the information, as necessary, additional conditions may be applied that are not written here. Please check the original source and report bugs.

2	This material is poisonous by inhalation (see § 171.8 of this subchapter) in Hazard Zone B (see § 173.116(a) or § 173.133(a) of this subchapter), and must be described as an inhalation hazard under the provisions of this subchapter. Browse special provision 2
B9	Bottom outlets are not authorized. Browse special provision B9
B14	Each bulk packaging, except a tank car or a multi-unit-tank car tank, must be insulated with an insulating material so that the overall thermal conductance at 15.5 °C (60 °F) is no more than 1.5333 kilojoules per hour per square meter per degree Celsius (0.075 Btu per hour per square foot per degree Fahrenheit) temperature differential. Insulating materials must not promote corrosion to steel when wet. Browse special provision B14
N89	When steel UN pressure receptacles are used, only those bearing the “H” mark are authorized. Browse special provision N89

(8) Packing Authorizations (§173.***)

(8A) Exceptions	None
(8B) Non-bulk	304	see 49 CFR §173.304
(8C) Bulk	314, 315	see 49 CFR §173.314, 315

(9) Quantity Limits

(9A) Passenger aircraft/rail	Forbidden
(9B) Cargo aircraft only	Forbidden

(10) Vessel stowage

(10A) Location

Stowage category “D” means the material must be stowed “on deck only” on a cargo vessel or on a passenger vessel carrying a number of passengers limited to not more than the larger of 25 passengers or one passenger per each 3 m of overall vessel length, but the material is prohibited on a passenger vessel in which the limiting number of passengers is exceeded.

Source: 49 CFR §172.101(k)

(10B) Other

40	see 49 CFR §176.84

Source: 49 CFR §176.84

Sulfuretted hydrogen,
see Hydrogen sulfide