PPE glove resistance vs chemical

Chemical Safety Programs

PPE Material Guide

Resistance to Common Chemicals - Excellent, G=Good, F=Fair, Poor

Chemical	Natural Rubber	Neoprene	Nitrile	Vinyl
Acetaldehyde	G	G	Excellent	G
Acetic acid	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
Acetone	G	G	G	F
Acrylonitrile	Poor	G	-	F
Ammonium hydroxide	G	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
Aniline	F	G	Excellent	G
Benzaldehyde	F	F	Excellent	G
Benzene	Poor	F	G	F
Benzyl chloride	F	Poor	G	Poor
Bromine	G	G	-	G
Butane	Poor	Excellent	-	Poor
Calcium hypochlorite	Poor	G	G	G
Carbon disulfide	Poor	Poor	G	F
Carbon tetrachloride	Poor	F	G	F
Chlorine	G	G	-	G
Chloroscetone	F	Excellent	-	Poor
Chloroform	Poor	F	G	Poor
Chromic Acid	Poor	F	F	Excellent
Cyclohexane	F	Excellent	-	Poor
Dibenzylether	F	G	-	Poor
Dibutylphthalate	F	G	-	Poor
Diethanolamine	F	Excellent	-	Excellent
Diethyl ether	F	G	Excellent	Poor
Dimethyl sulfoxide	-	-	-	-
Ethyl acetate	F	G	G	F
Ethylene dichloride	Poor	F	G	Poor
Ethylene glycol	G	G	Excellent	Excellent
Ethylene trichloride	Poor	Poor	-	Poor
Flourine	G	G	-	G
Formaldehyde	G	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
Formic acid	G	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
Glycerol	G	G	Excellent	Excellent
Hexammne	Poor	Excellent	-	Poor
Hydrobromic acid (40%)	G	Excellent	-	Excellent
Hydrochloric acid (conc)	G	G	G	Excellent
Hydrofluoric acid (30%)	G	G	G	Excellent
Hydrogen peroxide	G	G	G	Excellent
Iodine	G	G	-	G
Methylamine	G	G	Excellent	Excellent
Methyl cellosolve	F	Excellent	-	Poor
Methyl chloride	Poor	Excellent	-	Poor
Methyl ethyl ketone	F	G	G	Poor
Methylene chloride	F	F	G	F
Monoethanolamine	F	Excellent	-	Excellent
Morpholine	F	Excellent	-	Excellent
Naphthalene	G	G	Excellent	G
Nitic acid (conc)	Poor	Poor	Poor	G
Perchloric acid	F	G	F	Excellent
Phenol	G	Excellent	-	Excellent
Phosphoric acid	G	Excellent	-	Excellent
Potassium hydroxide (sat)	G	G	G	Excellent
Propylene dichloride	Poor	F	-	Poor
Sodium hydroxide	G	G	G	Excellent
Sodium hypochlorite	G	Poor	F	G
Sulfuric acid (conc)	G	G	F	G
Toluene	Poor	F	G	F
Triichloroethylene	Poor	F	G	F
Tricresyl phosphale	Poor	F	-	F
Triethanolamine	F	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
Trinitrotoluene	Poor	Excellent	-	Poor

Aromatic and halogenated hydrocarbons will attack all types of natural and synthetic glove materials. Should swelling occur, the user should change to fresh gloves and allow the swollen gloves to dry and return to normal. No data on the resistance to dimetyl sulfoxide of natural rubber, neoprene, nitrile rubber, or vinyl materials are available; the manufacturer of the substance recommends the use of butyl rubber gloves.

Adapted from Prudent Practices for Handling Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratories, 1981.

For information on:

Glove selection see glove selection chart and glove selection resource
Hazard assessment and PPE see section on Policy and requirements.
PPE for various chemicals see Safety Programs or the MSDS for the specific chemical
other questons >> http://www.nmsu.edu/~safety

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    This page was last updated on 04/18/2008