POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS

UN Number: 2315

Also known as: AROCHLOR, BIPHENYLES POLYCHLORES, CHLOPHREN (T), CHLOREXTOL (T), DYKANOL
Information on chemical

Information on chemical

External resources

CAMEO Chemical Database
WISER Substance List

Description

UN number 2315

Physical chemical data

Physical State (20°C) Solid/Liquid
Density (kg/m3)
1300/1800 (liq) [Kg/m³] at a temperature of 20°C
Boiling Point (°C) very high
Flash Point (°C) > 141

Behaviour at sea

Additional data

Colour white (S), yellow (L)
Odour weak
Marine pollutant P

Transportation data

Package group II
State liquid/solid
Temperature (°C) ambient
Pressure (Pa) ambient

Reactivity data

Water No

GESAMP Hazard profile

Human toxicity threshold

Ecotoxicity

Incident reports

Incident reports

Year Vessel Location Cargo type
1974 Barge Duwamish Waterway, USA Package
Emergency Response Guidebook

Emergency Response Guidebook

Guide number: 171

See the guide or download the emergency response guidebook

At sea emergency guide

At sea emergency guide

Emergency schedule: 6.1-02

TOXIC LIQUIDS, INCLUDING SUBSTANCES WHICH MAY LIQUEFY DURING TRANSPORT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER SCHEDULES.

Emergency procedures

Action

Turn ship off-wind.

Spillage on deck

Collect spillage, where practicable, using absorbent material for safe disposal. Wash remainder overboard with copious quantities of water.

Spillage under deck

Provide adequate ventilation. Collect spillage, where practicable, using absorbent material, for safe disposal.

Fire on deck

Use copious quantities of water or other media to fight fire. If possible remove receptacles likely to be involved or keep them cool with copious quantities of water.

Fire under deck

Batten down; use ship's fixed fire-fighting installation. Otherwise adopt action as for "On deck".

Special equipment to be carried

Protective clothing (gloves, boots, coveralls, headgear).
Self-contained breathing apparatus.

Remarks by UN no.

• METHYLBROMOACETONE
• METHYL BROMIDE AND ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE MIXTURE, liquid (UN No. 1647)
• TEAR GAS SUBSTANCE, LIQUID, N.O.S. (UN No. 1693)
Spillage may be gaseous.

• CHLOROACETYL CHLORIDE (UN No. 1752)
Water-reactive; use water from as far away as practicable.

• AMMUNITION, TEAR-PRODUCING, NON-EXPLOSIVE, with neither burster nor
expelling charge, non-fuzed.
• METAL CARBONYLS, N.O.S. (UN No. 3281).
Spillage may be gaseous.

Decision trees

Decision trees

No decision trees available

No additional data

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