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Australian/New Zealand Occupational Protective Glove Standards

AS/NZS 2161.10.3:2005 (EN 374-3:2003) Determination of resistance to permeation by chemicals

Resistance to permeation is assessed by measuring the time for a chemical to breakthrough the glove material. Samples cut from the palms of the gloves, are placed in a permeation cell which enables the chemical to be placed in contact with the outer surface of the gloves. Air or water is passed through the cell to collect any chemical that has broken through to the inside surface of the glove sample.

The "Chemical Resistant" glove pictogram must be accompanied by a 3 digit code. This code refers to the code letters of three chemicals (from a list of 12 standard defined chemicals), for which a breakthrough time of a least 30 minutes has been obtained.

Code	Chemical	Class
A	Methanol	Primary Alcohol
B	Acetone	Ketone
C	Acetonitrile	Nitrile Compound
D	Dichloromethane	Chlorinated paraffin
E	Carbone disulphide	Sulphur containing organic compound
F	Toluene	Aromatic hydrocarbon
G	Diethylamine	Amine
H	Tetrahydrofuran	Heterocyclic and ether compound
I	Ethyl acetate	Ester
J	n-Heptane	Saturated hydrocarbon
K	Sodium Hydroxide 40%	Inorganic base
L	Sulphuric acid 96%	Inorganic mineral acid

STANDARDS

AS/NZS 2161.10.3:2005

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