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Here are the hazard categories used for the carriage of dangerous goods. Click on each them and visualize it better.

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  • Class 1: explosive substances and articles
  • Class 2: gases
  • Class 3: flammable liquids
  • Class 4.1: flammable solids (self-reactive substances, polymerizing substances and desensitized explosives)
  • Class 4.2: substances liable to spontaneous combustion
  • Class 4.3: substances which, in contact with water, emit flammable gaz
  • Class 5.1: oxydizing substances
  • Class 5.2: organic peroxids
  • Class 6.1: toxic substances
  • Class 6.2: infectious subtances
  • Class 7: radioactive material
  • Class 8: corrosives substances
  • Class 9: miscellaneous dangerous substances and articles
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