# Ferrocerium (ID 1323)

**Citation:** ERG 2024 ID 1323  
**Type / status:** guidance / guidance  
**Agency:** U.S. DOT / Transport Canada / SICT  
**Effective:** Not stated  
**Published:** 2024-04-04

ERG2024 assigns Ferrocerium (ID 1323) to Guide 170: Metals (Powders, Dusts, Shavings, Borings, Turnings, or Cuttings, etc.).

## Document text

ERG identification number: 1323.
Material: Ferrocerium.
Assigned response guide: Guide 170, Metals (Powders, Dusts, Shavings, Borings, Turnings, or Cuttings, etc.).
The ERG index does not mark this entry with the P polymerization-hazard indicator.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/erg/material?materialName=Ferrocerium&materialUn=1323>
- Source ID: `phmsa-erg-2024`
- SHA-256: `db4fc49413ff7c748dbc59f805137044a250e100c855a46df56522ed6abe1669`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T11:31:32.574Z
- Exported: 2026-08-26T17:26:14.803Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-erg-2024-material-id1323-ferrocerium`

### Source metadata

```json
{
  "edition": 2024,
  "language": "English",
  "jurisdiction": "US",
  "caveat": "Emergency-response guidance for the initial phase of a transportation incident. It is not controlling regulation, a compliance determination, a chemical-specific worker safety document, or a substitute for required shipping-paper emergency-response information.",
  "materialSubtype": "phmsa_erg_material",
  "recordKind": "material",
  "collectionId": "phmsa-erg-2024-overview",
  "parentDocumentId": "phmsa-erg-2024-overview",
  "sourceDateLabel": "Effective Date",
  "sourceDate": "2024-04-04",
  "idNumber": "1323",
  "materialName": "Ferrocerium",
  "guideNumber": 170,
  "guideTitle": "Metals (Powders, Dusts, Shavings, Borings, Turnings, or Cuttings, etc.)",
  "polymerizationHazard": false,
  "physicalPage": 36,
  "pdfUrl": "https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/2024-04/ERG2024-Eng-Web-a.pdf#page=36"
}
```