NMFC 43955 - Non-Hazard Chemicals | Class By Density
Article ID
43955
NMFC 43955 for non-hazard chemical assortments
Freight Group
CHEMICALS GROUP
Chemicals Group: salts, acids, oxides, dyes
Class Range
N/A 0 classification
Class varies by density per Item 170
Hazardous
No
Not DOT hazardous; no labels or placards
Classification Details
NMFC
Description
Class
43955.00
Chemicals, viz.: Acetanilid, in inner containers in boxes; or in bulk in boxes or drums; Acids, NOI, dry, not required by the U.S. Department of Transportation to bear a Hazard Class or Hazard Division label or placard, see Note, item 43956, in inner containers in boxes; or in bulk in bags, boxes, drums or Package 2264; Acids, NOI, liquid, not required by the U.S. Department of Transportation to bear a Hazard Class or Hazard Division label or placard, see Note, item 43956, in carboys or in inner containers in boxes; or in bulk in drums; Adhesives, Adjuvants, Spreaders or Stickers, sprayable product, dry or liquid, not required by the U.S. Department of Transportation to bear a Hazard Class or Hazard Division label or placard, see Notes, items 43956 and 43957, in bags, boxes or drums; Adipic Acid, in bags, boxes or drums; Alcohols, NOI, other than alcoholic liquors and not required by the U.S. Department of Transportation to bear a Hazard Class or Hazard Division label or placard, see Note, item 43956, in carboys, drums, pails or in inner containers in boxes; Alum, NOI, in bags, boxes or drums; or in bulk in boxes, drums or pails; Alum, sodium (Sodium Aluminum Sulfate), in drums; Alumina Oxide Catalyst, in bags, boxes or drums; Alumina Oxide Platinum Catalyst, in boxes or drums; Aluminum Acetate, dry, in boxes or drums; Aluminum Fluoride, in bags, boxes or drums; Aluminum Oxide or Titanium Dioxide, in bags, boxes or drums; Aluminum Salts, NOI, in bags, boxes or drums; Aluminum Sulfate, containing not more than 5 percent of activated carbon, in cloth or four-ply paper bags; or in bulk in drums; Aluminum Sulfate, or Papermakers' Alum, in bags or inner containers in boxes; or in bulk in boxes, drums or pails; Amines, residual, other than corrosive materials, see Note, item 43958, in drums; Ammonium Bicarbonate, not required by the U.S. Department of Transportation to bear a Hazard Class or Hazard Division label or placard, see Note, item 43956, in inner containers in boxes; or in bulk in drums or Packages 351 or 2183; Ammonium Bromide, in inner containers in boxes; or in bulk in boxes or drums; Ammonium Carbonate, not required by the U.S. Department of Transportation to bear a Hazard Class or Hazard Division label or placard, see Note, item 43956, in inner containers in boxes; or in bulk in drums; Ammonium Nitrate, Magnesia and Pulp Mixture, not required by the U.S. Department of Transportation to bear a Hazard Class or Hazard Division label or placard, see Note, item 43956, in drums; Ammonium Phosphate, monobasic, crude, in bags or drums; Ammonium Phosphate, NOI, in bags or drums; Ammonium Sulfate, not required by the U.S. Department of Transportation to bear a Hazard Class or Hazard Division label or placard, see Note, item 43956, in inner containers in boxes; or in bulk in bags or drums; Antimony Oxide or Antimony Trioxide, in boxes, drums, double bags, four-ply paper bags, three-ply free dried Kraft paper bags or Package 2435; Azelaic Acid, from animal or vegetable fats, in bags, boxes or drums; Barium Carbonate, in bags, boxes or drums; Barium Sulfate (Barytes), crude; ground, not precipitated; or not ground; in bags, boxes or drums; Barium Sulfate, precipitated (Blanc Fixe), in bags, boxes or drums; Beta Naphthol, in drums, in cloth bags with double lining of waterproof paper or in Package 353; Borax (Sodium Borate), in bags, boxes or drums; Boric (Boracic) Acid, in inner containers in boxes; or in bulk in bags, boxes or drums; Calcium Acetate, dry, in bags, boxes or drums; Calcium Carbonate, NOI, in bags, boxes or drums; Calcium Chloride, liquid, in drums; Calcium Chloride, other than liquid; in inner containers in boxes; or in bulk in bags, drums or Packages 27, 81 or 358; Calcium Citrate, in boxes or drums; Calcium Formate, in bags, boxes or drums; Calcium Lactate, in inner containers in boxes; or in bulk in bags, boxes or drums; Calcium Phosphate, in bags or in inner containers in boxes; or in bulk in boxes or drums; Calcium Silicate, hydrated, in bags; Calcium Sulfate, in inner containers in boxes or drums; or in bulk in bags or drums; Carbon Trichloride (Hexachlorethane), in bags, boxes or drums; Chalk, prepared, or Whiting, ground or lump, NOI, in inner containers in boxes; or in bulk in bags, boxes or drums; Chemicals, NOI, see Note, item 43959, in bags, boxes, drums, intermediate bulk containers (IBCs), pails or Packages 2258 or 2456; Cobalt Oxide, in boxes or drums; Compounds, plastic or rubber blowing or expanding, dry, not required by the U.S. Department of Transportation to bear a Hazard Class or Hazard Division label or placard, see Note, item 43956, in bags, boxes, or drums; Copper Oxide, NOI, not required by the U.S. Department of Transportation to bear a Hazard Class or Hazard Division label or placard, see Note, item 43956, in boxes, drums or five-ply paper bags; Cream Tartar, not required by the U.S. Department of Transportation to bear a Hazard Class or Hazard Division label or placard, see Note, item 43956, in boxes, drums or five-ply paper bags; Dibutyl, Diethyl or Dimethyl Phthalate, not required by the U.S. Department of Transportation to bear a Hazard Class or Hazard Division label or placard, see Note, item 43956, in boxes or drums; Dinitrotoluol, other than dry, in drums; Dye Intermediates, NOI, not dyestuffs, NOI, dyes nor colors, not required by the U.S. Department of Transportation to bear a Hazard Class or Hazard Division label or placard, see Note, item 43956, in boxes, drums or intermediate bulk containers (IBCs); Dyes or Colors, coal tar, other than indigo and not required by the U.S. Department of Transportation to bear a Hazard Class or Hazard Division label or placard, see Note, item 43956; dry, liquid or paste, in boxes or drums; or dry, in Package 1065; Fuel, ration heating, chemical composition, containing not less than 90 percent trioxane (Fuel Heating Bars), not required by the U.S. Department of Transportation to bear a Hazard Class or Hazard Division label or placard, see Note, item 43956, in boxes; Hydrogel, in boxes or drums; Hydroxy Acetic Acid, not required by the U.S. Department of Transportation to bear a Hazard Class or Hazard Division label or placard, see Note, item 43956, in bulk in drums; Iron Oxide, other than spent, in bags, drums or in inner containers in boxes or Package 2231; or in bulk in drums; Lactic Acid, in carboys, drums or in inner containers in boxes; Magnesium Carbonate, in bags or in inner containers in boxes; or in bulk in boxes or drums; Magnesium Chloride, in inner containers in boxes; or in bulk in drums or Package 27; Magnesium Hydroxide, dry, technical grade, in bags; Magnesium Hydroxide, in water, see Note, item 43960, in bulk in drums; Magnesium Oxide, NOI, in bags, boxes or drums; Magnesium Phosphate, in bags or drums; Magnesium Sulfate, crude, or Kieserite, in bags, boxes or drums; Magnesium Sulfate, refined, or Epsom Salts, in bags, boxes or drums; Manganese Sulfate, NOI, in bags, boxes or drums; Metallic Soaps of Fatty Acids, in bags, boxes or drums; Oxalic Acid, in drums or in inner containers in boxes; Pelargonic Acid, from animal or vegetable fats, in boxes or drums; Potassium (Potash) Acetate, liquid, in bulk in drums; Potassium (Potash) Alkali Salts, crude, dry, not required by the U.S. Department of Transportation to bear a Hazard Class or Hazard Division label or placard, see Note, item 43956, in bags, boxes or drums; Potassium (Potash) Bicarbonate, in inner containers in boxes or Package 2183; or in bulk in drums; Potassium (Potash) Carbonate (Pearlash), not required by the U.S. Department of Transportation to bear a Hazard Class or Hazard Division label or placard, see Note, item 43956; in inner containers in boxes; or in bulk in drums, in bags with waterproof lining or Packages 27 or 2183; Potassium (Potash) Citrate, in boxes, drums or Package 2360; Potassium (Potash) Hartsalz, Kainit, Manure Salts, Double ManureSalts or Sylvinit, in bags, boxes or drums; Potassium (Potash) Iodide, in boxes or drums; Potassium (Potash) Metabisulfite, in drums; Potassium (Potash) Muriate (Potassium Chloride), in drums or in inner containers in boxes; or in bulk in bags, boxes or drums; Potassium (Potash) Phosphate, in boxes, drums or Packages 27, 81 or 358; Potassium (Potash) Salts, NOI, not required by the U.S. Department of Transportation to bear a Hazard Class or Hazard Division label or placard, see Note, item 43956, in inner containers in boxes; or in bulk in boxes; or in intermediate bulk containers (IBCs); Potassium (Potash) Silicate, in inner containers in boxes or drums or in five-ply multiple-wall paper bags; or in bulk in drums; Potassium (Potash) Sulfate, in drums or in inner containers in boxes; or in bulk in bags, boxes or drums; Salicylic Acid, in bags or in inner containers in boxes; or in bulk in boxes or drums; Silica Gel, including Silica Gel Catalyst or Desiccants, in bags, boxes, drums or pails; Sodium (Soda) Acetate, in bags or in inner containers in boxes; or in bulk in drums; Sodium (Soda) Aluminum Phosphate, in boxes, drums or Package 389; Sodium (Soda) Benzoate, in drums or Package 2293; Sodium (Soda) Bromide, in drums or in inner containers in boxes; or in bulk in bags, boxes or drums; Sodium (Soda) Carbonate, anhydrous (Soda Ash), in bags drums or in inner containers in boxes; or in bulk in boxes or drums; Sodium (Soda) Carbonate, bicarbonate (Baking Soda), in bags, drums or in inner containers in boxes; or in bulk in boxes or drums; Sodium (Soda) Carbonate, decahydrate (Sal Soda), in bags, drums or in inner containers in boxes; or in bulk in boxes or drums; Sodium (Soda) Carbonate, monohydrate, in bags, drums or in inner containers in boxes; or in bulk in boxes or drums; Sodium (Soda) Carbonate, sesquicarbonate, in bags, drums or in inner containers in boxes; or in bulk in boxes or drums; Sodium (Soda) Carbonate, soda ash, modified, see Note, item 43961, in bags, drums or in inner containers in boxes; or in bulk in boxes or drums; Sodium (Soda) Chloride (Common Salt), see Note, item 43962, in packages or in single serving packets in boxes; Sodium (Soda) Citrate, in bags with waterproof liner, in five-ply paper bags, or in boxes or drums; Sodium (Soda) Disodium Phosphate or Trisodium Phosphate, in bags, boxes or drums; Sodium (Soda) Lactate, in carboys, boxes or drums; Sodium (Soda) Nitrate of Soda-potash, not required by the U.S. Department of Transportation to bear a Hazard Class or Hazard Division label or placard, see Note, item 43956, in drums or in inner containers in boxes; or in bulk in bags, boxes or drums; Sodium (Soda) Nitre Cake (Crude Bisulfate of Soda), in drums or in inner containers in boxes; or in bulk in bags, boxes or drums; Sodium (Soda) Phosphate, NOI, in bags, boxes, drums or Package 2456; Sodium (Soda) Salt Cake (Crude Sulfate of Soda), in bags or drums; Sodium (Soda) Silicate, other than dry (Silicate Solution), including Mechanical Mixtures of Silicate of Soda and Clay, in carboys, drums or in inner containers in boxes; or in bulk in drums; Sodium (Soda) Silicoaluminate, in bags, boxes or drums; Sodium (Soda) Stannate, in boxes or drums; Sodium (Soda) Sulfate or Glauber's Salts, in drums or inner containers in boxes; or in bulk in bags, boxes or drums; Sodium (Soda) Sulfite, in drums or inner containers in boxes; or in bulk in bags, boxes or drums; Sodium (Soda) Washing Soda (Washing Crystals), NOI, in boxes or drums; Strontium Carbonate, in bags, boxes or drums; Tannic Acid (Tannin), in bags, boxes or drums; Tartaric Acid, in bags or in inner containers in boxes; or in bulk in boxes or drums; Terpineol, in drums or in inner containers in boxes; or in bulk in drums; Titanium Dioxide, NOI, in drums or paper bags; Urea, in bulk in bags, boxes or drums; Zinc Ammonium Chloride, in bags, drums or Package 390; Zinc Salts, NOI, not required by the U.S. Department of Transportation to bear a Hazard Class or Hazard Division label or placard, see Note, item 43956, in inner containers in boxes or drums; or in bulk in multiple-wall paper bags, boxes or drums; Zinc Sulfate, in bags or in inner containers in boxes; or in bulk in boxes or drums; Zirconium Oxide, in bags or drums; Zirconium Silicate, in bags or drums; Subject to Item 170 and having a density in pounds per cubic foot of:
Note 43956: NOTE-Does not apply on materials regulated by the U.S. Department of Transportation as hazardous and required to bear a Hazard Class or Hazard Division label or placard. For classes applicable to such hazardous materials, see provisions elsewhere in this Classification.
How to Determine Your Class
To find the correct freight class for your shipment:
Verify DOT status on the SDS (Section 14) to confirm the material is not regulated; examples include titanium dioxide, sodium carbonate, and alum.
Calculate density per handling unit: weigh the palletized load, measure L x W x H, and use density to determine the class under Item 170.
Protect moisture-sensitive powders (e.g., calcium chloride, sodium citrate) with poly-lined bags, stretch-wrap, and a top sheet to prevent caking and staining.
Select containment for liquids (carboys or tight-head drums) and use absorbent pads or spill trays; mark This Side Up and secure bungs to prevent seepage.
Note: All classifications are subject to Item 170. Verify with official NMFC publications for the most current requirements.
Business Value
Lower freight spend by increasing density where feasible (e.g., IBCs for higher cube efficiency) to achieve a lower class.
Avoid hazmat surcharges and special handling since NMFC 43955 covers non-DOT-regulated materials, improving carrier acceptance.
Reduce rating disputes by grouping many acids, salts, and oxides under one density-driven item, speeding quotes and audits.
Cut claims through packaging tuned to hygroscopic and staining risks, improving on-time, damage-free delivery rates.