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Films, nitrocellulose base, gelatine coated (except scrap)

HMT May 2026

UN / ID: UN 1324
Hazard class: 4.1
Packing group: III
ERG guide: ERG 133
Special provisions: —
Source: 49 CFR §172 (2026/05)

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Films, nitrocellulose base, gelatine coated (except scrap)

Emergency Response Guide No. 133

Hazardous Materials Table

Source: 49 CFR §172 (2026/05)

(3) Hazard Class

4.1
Flammable solids

(7) Special Provisions (§172.102)

(8) Packing Authorizations (§173.***)

(8A) Exceptions	151	see 49 CFR §173.151
(8B) Non-bulk	183	see 49 CFR §173.183
(8C) Bulk	None

(9) Quantity Limits

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

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

28	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.

Similar substances

UN / ID	Proper shipping name	Hazard class
UN 2556	Nitrocellulose with alcohol with not less than 25 percent alcohol by mass, and with not more than 12.6 percent nitrogen, by dry mass	4.1
UN 2557	Nitrocellulose, with not more than 12.6 percent nitrogen, by dry mass mixture with or without plasticizer, with or without pigment	4.1
UN 2059	Nitrocellulose, solution, flammable with not more than 12.6 percent nitrogen, by mass, and not more than 55 percent nitrocellulose	3
UN 0340	Nitrocellulose, dry or wetted with less than 25 percent water (or alcohol), by mass	1.1D
UN 0341	Nitrocellulose, unmodified or plasticized with less than 18 percent plasticizing substance, by mass	1.1D
UN 0343	Nitrocellulose, plasticized with not less than 18 percent plasticizing substance, by mass	1.3C
UN 3270	Nitrocellulose membrane filters, with not more than 12.6% nitrogen, by dry mass	4.1
UN 2555	Nitrocellulose with water with not less than 25 percent water, by mass	4.1
UN 0342	Nitrocellulose, wetted with not less than 25 percent alcohol, by mass	1.3C
	Lacquer base or lacquer chips, plastic, wet with alcohol or solvent, see Nitrocellulose (UN2059, UN2555, UN2556, UN2557) or Paint etc.(UN1263)
UN 1353	Fibers or Fabrics impregnated with weakly nitrated nitrocellulose, n.o.s	4.1
	Films, nitrocellulose base, from which gelatine has been removed; film scrap, see Celluloid scrap
UN 2006	Plastics, nitrocellulose-based, self-heating, n.o.s.	4.2
	Lacquer base or lacquer chips, nitrocellulose, dry, see Nitrocellulose, etc. (UN 2557)