IATA Class 5 Types of Organic Peroxides

The types of organic peroxides include the following:

• Type B - any organic peroxide that possesses explosive properties that, when packaged, neither detonate nor deflagrate rapidly, but is liable to undergo a thermal explosion
• Type C - any organic peroxide that possesses explosive properties that, when packaged, cannot detonate or deflagrate rapidly or undergo a thermal explosion
• Type D - any organic peroxide that detonates partially but does not deflagrate rapidly and shows no violent effects under heated confinement; does not detonate at all, deflagrates slowly, and shows no violent effects under heated confinement; or does not detonate or deflagrate and shows medium effects when under heated confinement
• Type E - any organic peroxide that neither detonates nor deflagrates at all and shows low or no effect when heated under confinement
• Type F - any organic peroxide that neither detonates nor deflagrates at all, shows low or no effect when heated under confinement, and has no explosive power

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