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Nitrocellulose with water with not less than 25 percent water, by mass

HMT May 2026

UN / ID: UN 2555
Hazard class: 4.1
Packing group: II
ERG guide: ERG 113
Special provisions: SP W31
Source: 49 CFR §172 (2026/05)

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Nitrocellulose with water with not less than 25 percent water, by mass

Substance Data

Source: PubChem (HSDB, 04.12.2019)

CAS-Number

9004-70-0

Flash Point

n/a

Boiling Point

n/a

Emergency Response Guide No. 113

Hazardous Materials Table

Source: 49 CFR §172 (2026/05)

(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.

W31	Non-bulk packagings must be hermetically sealed. Browse special provision W31

(8) Packing Authorizations (§173.***)

(8A) Exceptions	None
(8B) Non-bulk	212	see 49 CFR §173.212
(8C) Bulk	None

(9) Quantity Limits

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

(10) Vessel stowage

(10A) Location

Stowage category “E” means the material may be stowed “on deck” or “under deck” 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 is prohibited from carriage 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
36	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 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 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 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 1353	Fibers or Fabrics impregnated with weakly nitrated nitrocellulose, n.o.s	4.1
	Lacquer base or lacquer chips, plastic, wet with alcohol or solvent, see Nitrocellulose (UN2059, UN2555, UN2556, UN2557) or Paint etc.(UN1263)
UN 3270	Nitrocellulose membrane filters, with not more than 12.6% nitrogen, by dry mass	4.1
UN 0343	Nitrocellulose, plasticized with not less than 18 percent plasticizing substance, by mass	1.3C
UN 1324	Films, nitrocellulose base, gelatine coated (except scrap)	4.1
UN 0342	Nitrocellulose, wetted with not less than 25 percent alcohol, by mass	1.3C
UN 2006	Plastics, nitrocellulose-based, self-heating, n.o.s.	4.2
	Films, nitrocellulose base, from which gelatine has been removed; film scrap, see Celluloid scrap