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0 10 <br />SEPTEMBER 2007 <br />NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION (NFPA) SYSTEM <br />® SPECIFIC NF <br />HAZARD � <br />WHITE <br />0 <br />5 <br />Materials whim will tepidly of completely <br />' vaporim at abnospherie pressure and normal <br />aunt temperature, or which are readily <br />dispersed lir air and which wiU txun madih <br />liquids and solids that can be ignited und4 <br />almost all ambient temperature conditions. <br />Alk Materials drat Hurst be moderately heated Or <br />exposed to relatively high arribient temperatures <br />before ienrfon can occur. <br />ignition can occur. <br />• Materials that will not burn. <br />REACTIVITY—YELLOW <br />MaterWswhich in thernsehmsam madilycapable <br />of detonation or of explosive decomposition or <br />reaction at ramal temperatures and pressures. <br />44Materials which in themselves are capable of <br />> detonation or explosive reaction but requite a <br />strong initiating source or which must be <br />HEALTH HAZARD --BLUE <br />Mater€als which on my short exposure could <br />' carne death or major residual injury even <br />though prompt medical treatment were Sm. <br />Materials which on shat exposure could <br />cause serious lamporary a residual injury etkrt <br />thougft Prompt medical treatment tufo gnwn. <br />Materials which on interne or continued exp* <br />Sm could anuscapacitation a <br />possible residual Iniury u prompt or <br />treatment is Jkt. <br />Materials which on expasrue would <br />britation but only manor residuM injury even N <br />no beatment is given. <br />Materials which on a4m a under No condi. <br />• tions would offer no hazard beyond that of <br />ordinary comdunsWe rrateral. <br />heated wrier confimmrimrt before Initiation or which <br />react explosi>,wty with water. <br />Materials which in thernselm are norrally <br />unstable and readily undergo vident chernicall <br />dwige but do not detonate. Also materials <br />which may read violently with water or which may <br />form potentially explosive mtzhues with water <br />1Materials which in thaviselm as ray <br />star, but which can becorne unstable at <br />awated temperatures and or which <br />may react with water with sane release of vM <br />but nolyidentfy. <br />Materials which in thernsehtes am nomatly <br />stable, own wrier fire exposure crxdttfau, <br />and which are not reactive with water: <br />SPECIFIC HAZARD—WHITE <br />Ow0xid" <br />rtz <br />Corrosive <br />colt <br />Wld <br />C , <br />Adverse Reaction <br />O with Vbter <br />O Alkali <br />Radioactbve <br />• <br />FIRE HAZARD <br />= RED BACKGROUND, BLACK LETTERS <br />HEALTH HAZARD <br />= BLUE BACKGROUND, WHITE LETTERS <br />REACTIVITY <br />= YELLOW BACKGROUND, BLACK LETTERS <br />SPECIFIC HAZARD <br />= WHITE BACKGROUND, BLACK LETTERS <br />NOTE: <br />MAY ALSO BE WRITTEN: X X X <br />HEALTH FIRE REACTIVITY <br />HAZARD HAZARD <br />"X" REPRESENTS HAZARD INDEX NUMBERS (4,3,2,1,0) <br />