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Class 5 - Oxidising Agents

• Oxidising Agents: They are very dangerous in transport. They may react with other combustible materials to start them burning. Then they supply the oxygen to keep them burning without help in the air. Such fires may therefore break out and continue in confined spaces e.g. in containers.
• Organic Peroxides: May be unstable and sometimes explosives. They are often carried under refrigeration (SADT) to keep them inactive, and then temperature must be carefully controlled. Materials are all poisonous somehow. They must not be allowed to get inside the body, through swallowing, breathing in, or by absorption through the skin.

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