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Hazard Class 4 Flammable Solids

 

Type

Common Exapmples

Domestic

International

Domestic Mail

Pub 52

Maximum Amount Permitted in Mail

Additional Information

Air

Surface

Flammable Matches

Book matches

N

Y

N

344.3b

344.22

Must be properly packaged.

Flammable Matches

Strike anywhere matches

N

N

N

344.21

None

Prohibited

Spontaneously Combustible

Iron oxide

N

Y

N

344.1b

344.22

ORM-D or mailable limited quantity only.

Dangerous When Wet

Aluminum powder, calcium, lithium, sodium

N

Y

N

344.1c

344.22

ORM-D or mailable limited quantity only.




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