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Phosphorus trisulfide, free from yellow or white phosphorus

HMT 15 June 2026

UN / ID: UN 1343
Hazard class: 4.1
Packing group: II
ERG guide: ERG 139
Special provisions: SP A20, SP IB4, SP N34, SP T3, SP TP33, SP W31
Source: 49 CFR §172 (15 June 2026)

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Phosphorus trisulfide, free from yellow or white phosphorus

Phosphorus trisulfide may refer to: Phosphorus sesquisulfide Diphosphorus trisulfide Wikipedia

Emergency Response Guide No. 139

Hazardous Materials Table

Source: 49 CFR §172 (15 June 2026)

(3) Hazard class

4.1
Flammable solids

(7) Special Provisions (§172.102)

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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.

A20

Plastic bags as inner receptacles of combination packagings are not authorized for transportation by aircraft.

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IB4

_{Authorized IBCs:} Metal (11A, 11B, 11N, 21A, 21B, 21N, 31A, 31B and 31N).

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N34

Aluminum construction materials are not authorized for any part of a packaging which is normally in contact with the hazardous material.

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Minimum test pressure (bar)	2.65
Minimum shell thickness	§ 178.274(d)(2)
Pressure-relief requirements	Normal
Bottom opening requirements	§ 178.275(d)(2)

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TP33

The portable tank instruction assigned for this substance applies for granular and powdered solids and for solids which are filled and discharged at temperatures above their melting point which are cooled and transported as a solid mass. Solid substances transported or offered for transport above their melting point are authorized for transportation in portable tanks conforming to the provisions of portable tank instruction T4 for solid substances of packing group III or T7 for solid substances of packing group II, unless a tank with more stringent requirements for minimum shell thickness, maximum allowable working pressure, pressure-relief devices or bottom outlets are assigned in which case the more stringent tank instruction and special provisions shall apply. Filling limits must be in accordance with portable tank special provision TP3. Solids meeting the definition of an elevated temperature material must be transported in accordance with the applicable requirements of this subchapter.

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W31

Non-bulk packagings must be hermetically sealed.

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(8) Packing Authorizations (§173.***)

(8A) Exceptions	151	see 49 CFR §173.151
(8B) Non-bulk	212	see 49 CFR §173.212
(8C) Bulk	240	see 49 CFR §173.240

(9) Quantity Limits

(9A) Passenger aircraft/rail	15 kg
(9B) Cargo aircraft only	50 kg

(10) Vessel stowage

(10A) Location

Stowage category “B” means

(i) The material may be stowed “on deck” or “under deck” on a cargo vessel and 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; and
(ii) “On deck only” on passenger vessels in which the number of passengers specified in paragraph (k)(2)(i) of this section is exceeded.

Source: 49 CFR §172.101(k)

(10B) Other

13	see 49 CFR §176.84
74	see 49 CFR §176.84
147	see 49 CFR §176.84
148	see 49 CFR §176.84

Source: 49 CFR §176.84

Segregation chart for load, transport, and storage

This chart shows whether loading, transport, or storage with other hazard classes is permitted, prohibited, or restricted. Based on 49 CFR §177.848.

Hazard class	8	7	6.1	5.2	5.1	4.3	4.2	4.1	3	2.3B	2.3A	2.2	2.1	1.6	1.5	1.4	1.3	1.1/1.2
1.1/1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
2.1
2.2
2.3A
2.3B
3
4.1
4.2
4.3
5.1
5.2
6.1
7
8

	Must not be loaded, transported, or stored together in the same vehicle or facility.
	May be loaded, transported, or stored together.
	May be loaded, transported, or stored together only with restrictions.

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UN / ID	Proper shipping name	Hazard class
UN 1381	Phosphorus, white dry or Phosphorus, white, under water or Phosphorus white, in solution or Phosphorus, yellow dry or Phosphorus, yellow, under water or Phosphorus, yellow, in solution	4.2
NA 1955	Organic phosphate, mixed with compressed gas or Organic phosphate compound, mixed with compressed gas or Organic phosphorus compound, mixed with compressed gas	2.3
UN 3017	Organophosphorus pesticides, liquid, toxic, flammable, flash point not less than 23 degrees C	6.1
UN 2784	Organophosphorus pesticides, liquid, flammable, toxic, flash point less than 23 degrees C	3
UN 0244	Ammunition, incendiary, white phosphorus, with burster, expelling charge or propelling charge	1.3H
UN 0243	Ammunition, incendiary, white phosphorus, with burster, expelling charge or propelling charge	1.2H
UN 0245	Ammunition smoke, white phosphorus with burster, expelling charge, or propelling charge	1.2H
	Ammunition, smoke (water-activated contrivances), without white phosphorus or phosphides, with burster, expelling charge or propelling charge, see Contrivances, water-activated, etc. (UN 0249)
UN 0246	Ammunition, smoke, white phosphorus with burster, expelling charge, or propelling charge	1.3H
	Ammunition, smoke (water-activated contrivances), white phosphorus, with burster, expelling charge or propelling charge, see Contrivances, water-activated, etc. (UN 0248)
	Phosphorus (white or red) and a chlorate, mixtures of	Forbidden
UN 1339	Phosphorus heptasulfide, free from yellow or white phosphorus	4.1
UN 1340	Phosphorus pentasulfide, free from yellow or white phosphorus	4.3
UN 1341	Phosphorus sesquisulfide, free from yellow or white phosphorus	4.1
UN 3278	Organophosphorus compound, liquid, toxic, n.o.s	6.1