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Gases and Class 2

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Gases expand uniformly to fill the volume of the container that holds them.

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Fox, M.A. (1999). Gases and Class 2. In: Glossary for the Worldwide Transportation of Dangerous Goods and Hazardous Materials. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-11890-0_35

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