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Dangerous Goods Classes

• In the IMDG (International Maritime Dangerous Goods)

Code, substances are divided into 9 classes as below.. A

substance with multiple hazards has one ‘Primary Class’

and one or more ‘Subsidiary Risks’.

• Class 1 – Explosives

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtGN4pmEaW0

• Class 2 – Gases; compressed, liquefied or dissolved

under pressure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPA71aPSBoQ

• Class 3 – Flammable liquids

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMmFmRWCTfk

• Class 4 – Flammable solids; substances liable to

spontaneous combustion; substances which, in contact

with water, emit flammable gases

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVnk_DfQeKs

• Class 5 – Oxidizing substances (agents) and organic

peroxides

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilz3CNL87NE

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