# T2B — North American vs IEC/ATEX explosion protection designations

For T2B, category is temperature code; maximum surface temperature (c) is 260; basis or note is Ignition temperature of gas / dust >260-280, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Category:** temperature code _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **North American designation:** T2B _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum surface temperature (C):** 260 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Basis or note:** Ignition temperature of gas / dust >260-280
- **Maximum surface temperature (F):** 500 _(per ldpi-inc.com, not stated by the source above)_

## What the source says

> 260 | T2B | >260-280

## What ldpi-inc.com says

> T2B | | 260 | 500

Source: https://ldpi-inc.com/resources/classification-codes/class-1-locations/

## Source

- https://www.e2s.com/guide-for-hazardous-areas/gas-and-dust-groups
- https://ldpi-inc.com/resources/classification-codes/class-1-locations/

Last verified: 2026-08-06. Review by: 2028-08-05.
Part of [North American vs IEC/ATEX explosion protection designations](https://referencesource.org/ex-classification-system-crosswalk/).