GHS Classification Guidance for the Japanese Government

“Classification result” shall be “Not classified”, and “Desensitized Explosives” shall
indicated for “Classification Grounds”.
Test data under the “Explosives Control Law” or the “Fire Defense Law, Class 5
Dangerous Goods” both of which adopted test methods of the UN (although partially),
may be used for classification after comparison with GHS test methods and close
examination.
(4) Data availability
The performance of explosives depends on their composition, and data regarding explosive
performance of each substance are limited.
(5) Comparison with conventional classification systems
Divisions 1.1-1.6 described above follow the definition of Divisions of UNRTDG 2.1.1.4.
(6) Sources of information for classification results under conventional systems
The UNRTDG list of dangerous goods (adopted into Annex 1: Dangerous Goods Regulations)
includes the following substance.
●Unstable explosives: explosive substances and articles, whose transportation is prohibited.
The following explosives shown in 1979, the Ministry of Transportation Notice No. 549,
“Notice to settle Transportation Standards and the like of Dangerous Goods by Ship”, Article 5 (1),
are deemed as unstable explosives.
(a)AMMONIUM BROMATE
(b)AMMONIUM BROMATE SOLUTION
(c)AMMONIUM CHLORATE
(d)AMMONIUM CHLORATE SOLUTION
(e)AMMONIUM CHLORITE
(f)AMMONIUM NITRATE (excluding those listed in Annex 1)
(g)AMMONIUM NITRITE
(h)Mixture of INORGANIC NITROUS ACID and AMMONIUM SALT
(i)SILVER PICRATE, WETTED with not less than 30% water, by mass
(j)CYCLOTRIMETHYLENETRINITRAMINE(CYCLONITE, RDX), WETTED with less than
15% water, by mass
(k)DIAZODINITROPHENOL, WETTED with less than 40% water, or mixture of alcohol and
water, by mass
(l)DIETHYLENEGLYCOL DINITRATE, DESENSITIZED with less than 25% non-volatile,
water-insoluble phlegmatizer, by mass
(m)GUANYLNITROSAMINOGUANYLIDENE HYDRAZINE, WETTED with less than 30%
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