Zirconium nitrate

Zirconium nitrate is a volatile anhydrous transition metal nitrate salt of zirconium with formula Zr(NO3)4. It has alternate names of zirconium tetranitrate, or zirconium(IV) nitrate. It has a UN number of UN 2728 and is class 5.1, meaning oxidising substance. Wikipedia

Emergency Response Guide No. 140

Data from the Hazardous Materials Table

Source: 49 CFR §172 (2018/07)

(3) Hazard Class

5.1
Oxidizers

(4) Identification number

UN 2728

(5) Packing Group

III

(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.

A1	Single packagings are not permitted on passenger aircraft. Browse special provision A1
A29	Combination packagings consisting of outer expanded plastic boxes with inner plastic bags are not authorized for transportation by aircraft. Browse special provision A29
IB8	Authorized IBCs: Metal (11A, 11B, 11N, 21A, 21B, 21N, 31A, 31B and 31N); Rigid plastics (11H1, 11H2, 21H1, 21H2, 31H1 and 31H2 ); Composite (11HZ1, 11HZ2, 21HZ1, 21HZ2 and 31HZ1); Fiberboard (11G); Wooden (11C, 11D and 11F); Flexible (13H1, 13H2, 13H3, 13H4, 13H5, 13L1, 13L2, 13L3, 13L4, 13M1 or 13M2). Browse special provision IB8
IP3	Flexible IBCs must be sift-proof and water- resistant or must be fitted with a sift- proof and water-resistant liner. Browse special provision IP3
T1	see 49 CFR §172.102
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. Browse special provision TP33

(8) Packing Authorizations (§173.***)

(8A) Exceptions	152	see 49 CFR §173.152
(8B) Non-bulk	213	see 49 CFR §173.213
(8C) Bulk	240	see 49 CFR §173.240

(9) Quantity Limits

(9A) Passenger aircraft/rail	25 kg
(9B) Cargo aircraft only	100 kg

(10) Vessel stowage

(10A) Location	A Stowage category “A” means the material may be stowed “on deck” or “under deck” on a cargo vessel or on a passenger vessel. Source: 49 CFR §172.101(k)
(10B) Other	n/a

Segregation Chart for Load, Transport, Storage

In this table a statement is contained for each hazard class whether the loading, transport or storage with other hazard classes is allowed, is not permitted or is restricted. The table is based on U.S.-Code 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

	May not be loaded, transported, or stored together in the same transport vehicle or storage facility.
	Load, transport, storage together is not restricted.
	Load, transport, storage together is allowed under restrictions.

Substances with similar name

UN-Number	Name	Hazard Class
UN 2009	Zirconium, dry, finished sheets, strip or coiled wire	4.2
UN 1437	Zirconium hydride	4.1
UN 0236	Zirconium picramate, dry or wetted with less than 20 percent water, by mass	1.3C
UN 1517	Zirconium picramate, wetted with not less than 20 percent water, by mass	4.1
UN 2008	Zirconium powder, dry	4.2
UN 1358	Zirconium powder, wetted with not less than 25 percent water (a visible excess of water must be present) (a) mechanically produced, particle size less than 53 microns; (b) chemically produced, particle size less than 840 microns	4.1
UN 1932	Zirconium scrap	4.2
UN 1308	Zirconium suspended in a liquid	3
UN 2503	Zirconium tetrachloride	8