Class E - Corrosive Material

Class E – Corrosive Material

Corrosive is the name given to materials that can cause severe burns to skin and other human tissues such as the eyes or lungs, and can attack clothes and other materials including metal.

Corrosives are grouped in this special class because their effects are permanent (irritants whose effects may be similar but temporary are grouped in Class D-2).

Common corrosives include acids such as: Nitric acids, bases such as Ammonium hydroxide and Caustic soda and other materials such as chlorine, and nitrogen dioxide.

The image below is the symbol used for dangerously corrosive materials.