| |
|
|
|
Français |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
The Manual
of Tests and Criteria contains criteria, test methods
and procedures to be used for classification of dangerous
goods according to the provisions of Parts 2 and 3
of the United Nations Recommendations on the Transport
of Dangerous Goods, Model Regulations, as well as
of chemicals presenting physical hazards according
to the Globally Harmonized System of Classification
and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS). As a consequence,
it supplements also national or international regulations
which are derived from the United Nations Recommendations
on the Transport of Dangerous Goods or the GHS.
The classification procedures, test methods and criteria
contained in the Manual of Tests and Criteria are
divided into three parts, as follows:
| Part I: |
those relating to assignment of explosives to
Class 1. |
| Part II: |
those relating to assignment of self-reactive
substances to Division 4.1 and of organic peroxides
to Division 5.2; |
| Part III: |
those relating to assignment of substances or
articles to Class 3, Class 4, Division 5.1 and
Class 9. |
Originally developed by
the Economic and Social Council’s Committee
of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods which
adopted a first version in 1984, it has been regularly
updated and amended every two years. Presently, the
updating is done under the auspices of the Committee
of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and
on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification
and Labelling of Chemicals, which replaces the original
committee since 2001.
The fourth revised edition includes revised provisions
for the classification of lithium batteries (sub-section
38.3) adopted by the Committee in 2000 (ST/SG/AC.10/27/Add.2)
(already published, together with corrections to the
third revised edition as ST/SG/AC.10/11/Rev.3/Amend.1);
and new provisions for the classification of ammonium
nitrate emulsions (section 18), flammable aerosols
(section 31) and substances corrosive to metals (section
37) adopted by the Committee in 2002 (ST/SG/AC.10/29/Add.2).
|
| |
Amendment 1 to the 4th revised edition |
At its second session (10 December 2004),
the Committee adopted a new set of amendments (ST/SG/AC.10/32/Add.2)
which has been published separately as Amendment 1
to the fourth revised edition of the Manual of Tests
and Criteria. These amendments include:
| - |
Amendments to the criteria
for classification of mixtures of oxidizing
substances containing combustible organic
substances; |
| - |
A new Part IV which extends the scope of
the Manual to the testing of transport equipment,
with a section on the dynamic longitudinal
impact test for portable tanks and multiple-element
gas containers; |
| - |
A revised Appendix 5 (Example of test methods
for vent sizing). |
|
| Amendment 2 to the 4th revised edition |
At its third session (14 December 2006),
the Committee of Experts adopted a new set of amendments
(ST/SG/AC.10/34/Add.2) which
was published separately as Amendment 2 to
the fourth revised edition of the Manual of Tests and
Criteria. These amendments include:
| - |
Amendments to the assignment procedure for
ammonium nitrate emulsion, suspension or gel,
intermediate for blasting explosives;
|
| - |
Amendments to the specifications and quality
control of steel tubes used in the Koenen test;
|
| - |
The addition of a modified vented pipe test;
and
|
| - |
Amendments reflecting the inclusion of separate
entries for lithium metal batteries and lithium
ion batteries.
|
|
Print this page