Segregation codes
The segregation codes given in column 16b of the Dangerous Goods List are as specified below:
Segregation
Description
code
SG1 For packages carrying a subsidiary hazard label of class 1, segregation as for
class 1, division 1.3. However, in relation to goods of class 1, segregation as
for the primary hazard.
SG2 Segregation as for class 1.2G.
SG3 Segregation as for class 1.3G.
SG4 Segregation as for class 2.1.
SG5 Segregation as for class 3.
SG6 Segregation as for class 5.1.
SG7 Stow "away from" class 3.
SG8 Stow "away from" class 4.1.
SG9 Stow "away from" class 4.3.
SG10 Stow "away from" class 5.1.
SG11 Stow "away from" class 6.2.
SG12 Stow "away from" class 7.
SG13 Stow "away from" class 8.
SG14 Stow "separated from" class 1 except for division 1.4S.
SG15 Stow "separated from" class 3.
SG16 Stow "separated from" class 4.1.
SG17 Stow "separated from" class 5.1.
SG18 Stow "separated from" class 6.2.
SG19 Stow "separated from" class 7.
SG20 Stow "away from" SGG1 - acids.
SG21 Stow "away from" SGG18 - alkalis.
SG22 Stow "away from" ammonium salts.
SG23 Stow "away from" animal or vegetable oils.
SG24 Stow "away from" SGG17 - azides.
SG25 Stow "separated from" goods of classes 2.1 and 3.
SG26 In addition: from goods of classes 2.1 and 3 when stowed on deck of a
containership a minimum distance of two container spaces athwartship shall
be maintained, when stowed on ro-ro ships a distance of 6 m athwartship
shall be maintained.
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SG27 Stow "separated from" explosives containing chlorates or perchlorates.
SG28 Stow "separated from" SGG2 - ammonium compounds and explosives
containing ammonium compounds or salts.
SG29 Segregation from foodstuffs as in 7.3.4.2.2, 7.6.3.1.2 or 7.7.3.7.
SG30 Stow "away from" SGG7 - heavy metals and their salts.
SG31 Stow "away from" SGG9 - lead and its compounds.
SG32 Stow "away from" SGG10 - liquid halogenated hydrocarbons.
SG33 Stow "away from" SGG15 - powdered metals.
SG34 When containing ammonium compounds, "separated from" SGG4 -
chlorates or SGG13 - perchlorates and explosives containing chlorates or
perchlorates.
SG35 Stow "separated from" SGG1 - acids.
SG36 Stow "separated from" SGG18 - alkalis.
SG37 Stow "separated from" ammonia.
SG38 Stow "separated from" SGG2 - ammonium compounds.
SG39 Stow "separated from" SGG2 - ammonium compounds other than
AMMONIUM PERSULPHATE (UN 1444).
SG40 Stow "separated from" SGG2 - ammonium compounds other than mixtures
of ammonium persulphates and/or potassium persulphates and/or sodium
persulphates.
SG41 Stow "separated from" animal or vegetable oil.
SG42 Stow "separated from" SGG3 - bromates.
SG43 Stow "separated from" bromine.
SG44 Stow "separated from" CARBON TETRACHLORIDE (UN 1846).
SG45 Stow "separated from" SGG4 - chlorates.
SG46 Stow "separated from" chlorine.
SG47 Stow "separated from" SGG5 - chlorites.
SG48 Stow "separated from" combustible material (particularly liquids).
SG49 Stow "separated from" SGG6 - cyanides.
SG50 Segregation from foodstuffs as in 7.3.4.2.1, 7.6.3.1.2 or 7.7.3.6.
SG51 Stow "separated from" SGG8 - hypochlorites.
SG52 Stow "separated from" iron oxide.
Shall not be stowed together with combustible material in the same cargo
SG53
transport unit.
SG54 Stow "separated from" SGG11 - mercury and mercury compounds.
SG55 Stow "separated from" mercury salts.
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SG56 Stow "separated from" SGG12 - nitrites.
SG57 Stow "separated from" odour-absorbing cargoes.
SG58 Stow "separated from" SGG13 - perchlorates.
SG59 Stow "separated from" SGG14 - permanganates.
SG60 Stow "separated from" SGG16 - peroxides.
SG61 Stow "separated from" SGG15 - powdered metals.
SG62 Stow "separated from" sulphur.
SG63 Stow "separated longitudinally by an intervening complete compartment or
hold from" class 1.
SG64 [Reserved]
SG65 Stow "separated by a complete compartment or hold from" class 1 except
for division 1.4.
SG66 [Reserved]
SG67 Stow "separated from" division 1.4 and "separated longitudinally by an
intervening complete compartment or hold from" divisions 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.5
and 1.6 except from explosives of compatibility group J.
SG68 If flashpoint 60ºC c.c. or below, segregation as for class 3 but "away from"
class 4.1.
SG69 For AEROSOLS with a maximum capacity of 1 L: segregation as for class 9.
Stow "separated from" class 1 except for division 1.4.
For AEROSOLS with a capacity above 1 L: segregation as for the appropriate
subdivision of class 2.
For WASTE AEROSOLS: segregation as for the appropriate subdivision of
class 2.
SG70 For arsenic sulphides, "separated from" SGG1 - acids.
SG71 Within the appliance, to the extent that the dangerous goods are integral
parts of the complete life-saving appliance, there is no need to apply the
provisions on segregation of substances in chapter 7.2.
SG72 See tables in 7.2.6.3.
SG73 [Reserved]
SG74 Segregation as for 1.4G.
SG76 Segregation as for class 7.
SG77 Segregation as for class 8. However, in relation to class 7, no segregation
needs to be applied.
SG78 Stow "separated longitudinally by an intervening complete compartment or
hold from" division 1.1, 1.2, and 1.5.
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