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A technical name is a recognized chemical name or microbiological name currently used in scientific and technical handbooks, journals, and texts (171.8).
Scope
Hazmat employees who handle shipping papers must know when and how to apply technical names to the shipping labels.
N.o.s.: An abbreviation for “not otherwise specified.”
Summary of requirements
On shipping papers, technical names are required to be shown in parentheses following generic or n.o.s. proper shipping names identified with the letter “G” in Column (1) of the HMT (172.203(k)).