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Hazardous Material (HazMat) definition

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Any material or substance, which even in normal use, poses a risk to health, safety, property or the environment. Hazardous materials are broken down into nine primary classes by the United Nations, the USDOT, IATA and other regulatory bodies for the purposes of the placarding and identification the hazards of shipments.

See also:

high-current implanter definition
hetarynes definition
Heterogeneous Equilibria definition
heterolytic bond-dissociation energy definition
heteroaryl groups definition