What are some sources of information for chemical protective clothing material selection?
Many manufacturers of chemical protective clothing provide charts and computer software to help in selecting the appropriate gloves when working with a chemical or a specific mixture. In addition, there are various glove-material compatibility charts and other glove selection aids available from independent sources. However care must be taken in interpreting generic information, since the properties, thicknesses, and quality assurance of glove materials may vary between manufacturers. For solvent mixtures, however, tests may have to be carried out if data are not available of the specific mixture. The reason for this is that the properties of the mixture, especially permeation time, cannot be predicted by using data from the individual components of the mixture. Protective clothing has been recommended for some materials on our web site. Please refer to Chemical Profiles in the Chemicals and Materials section for information on some selected chemicals. The CCOHS database CHEMINFO also
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