Mad & desperate…his wallet will be taking a spanking now-:shock:
GlesgaBill:
Mad & desperate…his wallet will be taking a spanking now-:shock:
OUCH!! That’ll learn him. 
thats just one I wonder how many slip though the net, makes you think
Im fairly surprised he needed dobbing in by the original ferry operator. That M.M.M has a very pungent odour, probably one of the most recognisable of all the thousands of chemicals.
oops!
GlesgaBill:
http://www.bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=49924
Hi GlesgaBill, Long time no speak, so to say.
That’s a very interesting post you made, so I thought I’d explain just a bit about the ‘stuff’ and what the IMDG Code says about it…
The ‘stuff’ in the article is:
UN 1247 METHYL METHACRYLATE MONOMER, STABILIZED, Class 3, PGII
So it’s a flammable liquid (Class 3) which has the same degree of danger as petrol (PGII.)
UN 1247 isn’t regulated as a Marine Pollutant.
The IMDG Code describes UN 1247 as a colourless volatile liquid with a flash-point of 8 deg C.
The flammable range is (LEL) 1.5% - 11.6% (UEL)
As mentioned by Wheel Nut, this ‘stuff’ has a very distinctive (and strong) smell.
The vapours are irritating to: eyes, skin and mucous membranes.
This ‘stuff’ also presents the (possible) danger of a spontaneous violent reaction.
Under the IMDG Code, this ‘stuff’ is in stowage category “B,” which means ‘away from living quarters’ whilst it’s on a ship/ferry.
Just so that folks reading this don’t get all mixed up between IMDG and ADR, just remember that IMDG regulates almost every kind of dangerous goods right from the ‘off’ in almost any amount, so IMDG is actually much stricter than ADR in terms of ‘freebies.’
Of course, the other …
easier … way to avoid getting the ADR and IMDG Regs mixed up is to try and remember whether you’ve ever seen orange boards on the back and front of a ship. 
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As for taking this ‘stuff’ on the road in a vehicle…
Under ADR, this ‘stuff’ has a 333 liter ‘trigger’ limit, above which a driver would need an ADR licence, orange boards, documentation, equipment, fire extinguishers etc, etc…
…unless it’s packed in Limited Quantities, in which case NOTHING applies to a driver or road vehicle under ADR.
Diesel Dave comes up trumps again
I wonder what the implications would have been had the whole lot slipped off into the water & sank!
GlesgaBill:
Diesel Dave comes up trumps again
Hi GleasgaBill, I checked what IMDG says about this stuff.
TBH, I wouldn’t have known what’s what without looking it up.
GlesgaBill:
I wonder what the implications would have been had the whole lot slipped off into the water & sank!
Actually, there’s a fair chance that the drum(s) of this stuff would float, since the specific gravity (s.g.) of most flammable liquids is lighter than the s.g. of water.
Even if the stuff was spilled out of the drums, I feel that it would be fairly easy to recover it safely, since it’s immiscible with water. However anybody recovering it would need to be very cautious of the spontaneous rection, which is usually caused by contact with… err… water.
We also know that at any temperature warmer than 8 deg C, there will be evaporation of the stuff, leading to a combustible flammable atmosphere being created, so he’d best put his ciggy out before he starts work.