Akzo Nobel maintains a fleet of cylinders, portable tanks, tank trailers and rail cars designed for the shipment of metal alkyls. Shipping containers are designed and constructed to meet all national and international transport regulations and are tested periodically in accordance with the appropriate regulations. Special features of these shipping containers have provided for the safe shipment and handling of metal alkyls since 1959, the year when large-scale production of aluminum alkyls was pioneered by Akzo Nobel.
The tables below give an overview of various metal alkyl shipping containers provided by Akzo Nobel. Rail car (34,070 l (9,000 gal) (90% full)) and tank trailer (22,100 l (5,838 gal)) containers are available only in North America. Labelling will be adapted to local regulations.
Cylinders
| Cylinder |
Volume (90% full) |
Dimensions |
| diameter |
height |
| Pyrosafe |
0.85 l
0.225 gal |
9.0 cm
3.562 in |
26.7 cm
10.5 in |
| B-2 |
9.8 l
2.59 gal |
23.2 cm
9.125 in |
46.4 cm
18.25 in |
| B-5 |
19.6 l
5.18 gal |
30.8 cm
12.125 in |
53.3 cm
21 in |
| B-28 |
98.4 l
26.0 gal |
37.1 cm
14.625 in |
129.5 cm
51 in |
Portable Tanks
| Portable Tank |
Volume (90% full) |
Dimensions |
| length |
diameter |
height |
| C-250 |
829 l
219 gal |
208 cm
82 in |
81 cm
32 in |
96.5 cm
38 in |
| C-430 dome type |
1,465 l
387 gal |
208 cm
82 in |
107 cm
42 in |
122 cm
48 in |
| C-430 saddle type * |
1,465 l
387 gal |
208 cm
82 in |
107 cm
42 in |
128 cm
50.5 in |
| C-1980 |
6,745 l
1,782 gal |
305 cm
120 in |
190 cm
74.8 in |
224 cm
88.2 in |
| ISO |
19,200-21,150 l
5,068-5,5845 gal |
606 cm
239 in |
244 cm
96 in |
259 cm
102 in |
* Saddle type portable tanks are not available in the Americas
** Exact volume of an ISO tank depends on series
Design, construction and maintenance of shipping containers are based on DOT, IMDG and ADR/RID regulations as prescribed for the shipment of pyrophoric, spontaneously combustible, flammable and dangerous when wet liquids. Years of practical experience working with these materials have gone into the design of these containers. Testing is performed in accordance with applicable regulations and all valves and fittings are tested for tightness prior to each shipment. ISO containers and, when applicable, smaller portable tanks from Akzo Nobel all meet the additional standards of the IMO, ISO, ADR/RID, TIR, CSC and UIC.
Metal alkyls and metal alkyl solutions are classified as either Class 4.2 (substances liable to spontaneous combustion), or Class 4.3 (depending on concentration). Click here for the classification flowchart for organometallic substances.
Please contact us for the availability of our products in above or other types of cylinders, portable tanks, and rail car and tank trailer containers.