Chemical Resistance of Gloves Quick guide

Nitrile gloves: Acetone - fair Ethanol - excellent Isobutyl - alcohol excellent Isopropyl - alcohol excellent Methanol - fair Latex gloves: Acetone - good Ethanol - excellent Isobutyl - alcohol poor Isopropyl - alcohol excellent Methanol - fair PVC gloves: Acetone - poor Ethanol - excellent Isopropyl alcohol - good Methanol - good Viton gloves & Butyl gloves: Acetone good Glove Selection Guide: Chemical Acetic Acid Acetic Anhydride Acetone Acetonitrile Acrylamide bis-Acrylamide Ammonium Hydroxide Arsenic Salts Benzotriazole, 1,2,3Bismuth Salts Cadmium Salts Carbon Disulfide Carbon Tetrachloride Catechol Chloroform Chromium Salts Cobalt Chloride

Incidental Contact nitrile nitrile (8 mil), double glove natural rubber (latex) (8 mil) nitrile nitrile nitrile nitrile nitrile nitrile nitrile nitrile nitrile (8 mil), double glove nitrile (8 mil), double glove nitrile nitrile (8 mil), double glove nitrile nitrile

Extended Contact neoprene, butyl rubber butyl rubber, neoprene butyl rubber butyl rubber, polyvinyl acetate (PVA) butyl rubber neoprene, butyl rubber

viton, polyvinyl acetate (PVA) viton viton, polyvinyl acetate (PVA)

Cobalt Salts Copper (Cupric) Sulfate 3,3-Diaminobenzidine (DAB) Diazomethane in Ether Dichloromethane Diethyl Pyrocarbonate Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) 1,4-Dioxane Dithiothreitol Ethanol Ethidium Bromide (EtBr) Ethyl Ether Formaldehyde Formamide Formic Acid Gallic Acid Heptane Hexamethylenediamine (1,6-Diaminohexane) Hexane Hydrochloric Acid Hydrofluoric Acid (HF) Isopropanol Laser Dyes Lead Acetate Lead Salts Mercuric Chloride Mercury Mercury Salts Methanol Methylene Chloride Methyl Sulfonic Acid, Ethyl Ester (EMS) (Ethyl Methanesulfonate) Monoethanolamine Nickel Chloride Nickel Salts N-Methylethanolamine Organophosphorous compounds Osmium Salts

nitrile nitrile nitrile nitrile (8 mil), double glove nitrile (8 mil), double glove nitrile 1 natural rubber (latex)(15-18 mil) nitrile (8 mil), double glove nitrile nitrile nitrile nitrile (8 mil), double glove nitrile nitrile nitrile (8 mil), double glove nitrile nitrile (8 mil), double glove nitrile (8mil) nitrile (8 mil), double glove nitrile nitrile (8 mil), double glove nitrile nitrile nitrile, double glove nitrile nitrile, double glove nitrile nitrile nitrile nitrile (8 mil), double glove nitrile

nitrile, double glove Norfoil polyvinyl acetate (PVA) or viton nitrile, double glove butyl rubber butyl rubber

nitrile, double glove polyvinyl acetate (PVA) butyl rubber butyl rubber, neoprene (30 mils) nitrile (35 mil or thicker), viton, PVA neoprene nitrile (35 mil or thicker), viton, PVA neoprene, butyl rubber

polyvinyl acetate, viton nitrile, double glove

nitrile nitrile nitrile nitrile (8 mil), double glove nitrile (8 mil), double glove nitrile

viton, neoprene, butyl rubber

Osmium Tetroxide Paraformaldehyde Phenol Phenol-Chloroform mixtures Phenylmethylsulfonyl Fluoride (PMSF) Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Polyoxyethylenesorbitan Monolaurate (Tween 20) Psoralen Pump Oil Silane based silanization or derivatization compounds Silver Nitrate Silver Salts Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate (SDS) Sodium Azide Sulfuric Acid Tetrahydrofuran (THF) 3,3,5,5-TetramethylBenzidine (TMB) N,N,N,N-Tetramethylethylenediamine (TEMED) Toluene Trichloromethyl Chloroformate (diphosgene) Triton-X 100 Uranium Salts Xylene
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nitrile, double glove nitrile nitrile (8 mil), double glove nitrile (8 mil), double glove nitrile nitrile (8 mil) glove over a neoprene glove nitrile nitrile butyl rubber nitrile (8 mil), double glove nitrile nitrile nitrile nitrile nitrile (8 mil) nitrile (8 mil), double glove nitrile nitrile nitrile (8 mil), double glove nitrile (8 mil) over butyl rubber glove box gloves nitrile (8 mil), double glove nitrile nitrile

neoprene, butyl rubber viton nitrile, double glove neoprene (20 mil)

nitrile, double glove

neoprene, butyl rubber (20 mil or greater) Norfoil nitrile, double glove nitrile, double glove viton, polyvinyl acetate (PVA) Material must be used in a glove box.

polyvinyl acetate (PVA), viton

If you are allergic to natural rubber products, you may double glove with 8 mil nitrile gloves.