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Document ID (ISN)38509
CIS number 82-1524
Year 1981
Convention or series no.
Author(s)
Committee for the Prevention of Disasters caused by Dangerous Substances (Commissie Preventie van Rampen door Gevaarlijke Stoffen)
Title Nitrate-containing fertilisers - Transport and storage
Original title Nitraathoudende meststoffen - vervoer en opslag [in Dutch]
Bibliographic information Directoraat-Generaal van de Arbeid, Postbus 69, 2270 MA Voorburg, Netherlands, 1981. 86p. Illus.
Abstract Second revised edition of the report (CIS 68-1694) with updated directives: Classification of nitrate fertilisers; regulations to be observed for the storage of these fertilisers (hazard categories, maximum quantities that may be stored in premises); safety rules for the storage and handling of the various categories (warehouse construction, electrical installations, explosion prevention, instruction of personnel, fire fighting); determination of the explosibility of a fertiliser; general information on explosion and fire hazards. Appended are: Directives of the Council of the European Communities dated 15 July 1980 concerning fertilisers on the basis of ammonium nitrate and with a high nitrogen content; extract from a manual on dangerous substances (data on various nitrates); Netherlands regulations on the transport of nitrate fertilisers.
Descriptors (primary) Netherlands; fertilizers; explosive substances; nitrates
Descriptors (secondary) sodium nitrate; report; European Communities; calcium nitrate; potassium nitrate; warehouses; ammonium nitrate; explosibility testing; explosion prevention; fire protection; directive; water transport; storage
Document type A - Laws, regulations, directives
Country / State or ProvinceNetherlands
Subject(s) Standards and directives with the force of law
Broad subject area(s) Fires, explosions and major hazards
Browse category(ies) Inorganic substances
Agricultural chemicals