APPENDIX D: GLOVE SELECTION FOR SPECIFIC CHEMICALS
Chemical
Acetic acid
Acetic anhydride
Acetone
Acetonitrile
Incidental Contact
Nitrile
Nitrile (8 mil), double glove
1
Natural rubber (Latex) (8 mil)
Nitrile
Acrylamide
bis-Acrylamide
Alkali metals
Ammonium hydroxide
Arsenic salts
Benzotriazole, 1,2,3Bismuth salts
Butanol
Butyric acid
Cadmium salts
Carbon disulfide
Nitrile, or double Nitrile
Nitrile
Nitrile
Nitrile
Nitrile
Nitrile
Nitrile
Nitrile
Nitrile
Nitrile
Nitrile (8 mil), double glove, or
15 mil or heavier
Nitrile (8 mil), double glove,
or 15 mil or heavier
Nitrile
Nitrile (8 mil), double glove, or
15 mil or heavier
Nitrile
Nitrile
Nitrile
Nitrile
Nitrile
Cryogloves
Nitrile
Carbon tetrachloride
Catechol
Chloroform
Chlorosulfuron
Chromium salts
Cobalt chloride
Cobalt salts
Copper (Cupric) sulfate
Cryogenic liquids
3,3’-Diaminobenzidine
(DAB)
Diazomethane in Ether
Dichloromethane
2,4-Dichlorophenoxy
acetic acid
Diethyl pyrocarbonate
Dimethyl sulfoxide
Nitrile (8 mil), double glove,
or 15 mil or heavier
Nitrile (8 mil), double glove
Extended Contact
Neoprene, Butyl rubber
Butyl rubber, Neoprene
Butyl rubber
Butyl rubber, Polyvinyl acetate
(PVA)
Butyl rubber
Neoprene, Butyl rubber
Nitrile, Butyl rubber
Butyl rubber, Neoprene
Viton, Polyvinyl acetate (PVA)
Viton
Viton, Polyvinyl acetate (PVA)
Nitrile
Nitrile, double glove
Norfoil
Polyvinyl acetate (PVA) or
Viton
Nitrile
Nitrile
1
Natural rubber (15-18mil)
Nitrile, double glove
Butyl rubber
1,4-Dioxane
Dithiothreitol
Ethanol
Ethidium bromide (EtBr)
Ethyl acetate
Ethyl ether
Formaldehyde
Formamide
Formic acid
Gallic acid
Geneticin
Glutaraldehyde
Heavy metal salts
Heptane
Hexamethylenediamine
(1,6-Diaminohexane)
Hexane
Hydrochloric acid
Hydrofluoric acid (HF)
Hypophosphorous acid
Isoamyl alcohol
Isoctane
Isopropanol
Kananmycin
Lactic acid
Laser dyes
Lead acetate
Lead salts
Mercuric chloride
Mercury
Mercury salts
Methanol (Methyl
alcohol)
Nitrile (8 mil), double glove,
or 15 mil or heavier
Nitrile
Nitrile
Nitrile
Nitrile (8 mil), double glove
Butyl rubber
Nitrile (8 mil), double glove,
or 15 mil or heavier
Nitrile
Nitrile
Nitrile (8 mil), double glove
Polyvinyl acetate (PVA)
Nitrile
Nitrile
Nitrile
Nitrile
Nitrile (8 mil), double glove, or
15 mil or heavier
Nitrile (8 mil)
Nitrile (8 mil), double glove,
or 15 mil or heavier
Nitrile
Nitrile (8 mil), double glove,
or 15 mil or heavier
Nitrile (4mil), double glove or 8
mil or heavier
Nitrile
Nitrile
Nitrile
Nitrile
Nitrile
Nitrile
Nitrile
Nitrile
Nitrile
Nitrile
Nitrile
Nitrile
Nitrile, double glove
Butyl rubber, PVA
Butyl rubber
Butyl rubber, Neoprene (.28.33mm)
Nitrile, double glove
Nitrile (35 mils or thicker),
Viton, PVA
Neoprene
Nitrile (35 mils or thicker),
Viton, PVA
Neoprene, Butyl rubber
Nitrile or Rubber sleeves
Heavy weight Nitrile
Nitrile (double glove), or
Neoprene or Butyl rubber
Nitrile, double glove
Nitrile, double glove
Methylene chloride
Methylphosphonic acid
Methyl sulfonic acid, Ethyl
ester (EMS) (Ethyl
methanesulfonate)
Monoethanolamine
Nickel chloride
Nickel salts
Nitric acid
Nitrile (8 mil), double glove
Nitrile (4 mil), double glove
Nitrile
N-Methylethanolamine
Octane
Organophosphorous
compounds
Osmium salts
Osmium tetroxide
Paraformaldehyde
Pentane
Nitrile (8 mil), double glove
Nitrile
Nitrile (8 mil), double glove, or
15 mil or heavier
Nitrile
Nitrile
Nitrile
Nitrile (8mil), double glove
Perchloroethylene
(tetrachloroethylene)
Pesticides
Nitrile (8 mil), double glove
Petroleum ether
Phenol
Phenol-Chloroform
mixtures
Phenylmethylsulfonyl
fluoride (PMSF)
Phosphonic acid
Phosphoric acid
Picloram (4-amino-3,5,6trichloropicolinic acid)
Polychlorinated Biphenyls
(PCB’s)
Polyoxyethylene-sorbitaln-monolaurate (Tween
20)
Potassium ferricyanide
Nitrile
Nitrile
Nitrile
Nitrile (8 mil), double glove
Heavy weight, unlined Nitrile (820 mils), or glove specified by
pesticide label.
Nitrile
Nitrile (8 mil), double glove
Nitrile (8 mil), double glove, or
15 mil or heavier
Nitrile
Polyvinyl acetate, Viton
8 mil or heavier Nitrile
Nitrile, double glove
Nitrile, double glove
Nitrile, double glove
Heavy weight (.28-.33mm)
Butyl rubber or Neoprene
Viton, Neoprene, Butyl rubber
Heavy weight Nitrile or Viton
Nitrile, double glove
Heavy weight Neoprene, or
Viton
Nitrile (22mil or heavier)
Heavy weight Nitrile or Viton
Neoprene, Butyl rubber
Viton
Nitrile, double glove
Nitrile (4 mil), double glove, or 8
mil or heavier single
Nitrile (4 mil), double glove, or 8
mil or heavier
Nitrile
Nitrile (8 mil) glove over a
Neoprene glove
Nitrile
Nitrile
Neoprene (20 mil)
Potassium ferrocyanide
Potassium permanganate
Propanol
Propionic acid
Propylene oxide
Psoralen
Pump oil
Silane based silanization
or derivatization
compounds
Silver nitrate
Silver salts
Sodium dodecyl sulfate
(SDS)
Sodium azide
Spermidine
Sulfuric acid
Tetrahydrofuran (THF)
3,3’,5,5’-Tetramethylbenzidine (TMB)
N,N,N’,N’-Tetramethylethylenediamine (TEMED)
Timetin
Toluene
Trichloroethylene
Trichloromethyl
chloroformate
(diphosgene)
Triton-X100
Uranium salts
Valeric acid
Xylene
1
Nitrile
Nitrile
Nitrile
Nitrile
heavier weight (17 mil or
greater) Butyl rubber or
Neoprene
Nitrile
Butyl rubber
Nitrile (8 mil), double glove,
or 15 mil or heavier single
Nitrile
Nitrile
Nitrile
Nitrile, or double glove
Nitrile
Nitrile (8 mil)
Nitrile (8 mil), double glove,
or 15 mil or heavier
Nitrile
Nitrile
Nitrile
Nitrile (8 mil), double glove, or
15 mil or heavier
Nitrile (8 mil), double glove
Nitrile (8 mil) over Butyl rubber
glove
Nitrile
Nitrile
Nitrile
Nitrile
Neoprene or Butyl rubber
Norfoil
Nitrile, double glove
Nitrile, double glove
Neoprene, Butyl rubber (20
mil or greater)
Norfoil
Nitrile, double glove
Nitrile, double glove
Viton, Polyvinyl acetate (PVA)
Viton, Polyvinyl acetate (PVA)
This material must be used in
a glove box.
Nitrile, double gloves, or
Neoprene or Butyl rubber
Polyvinyl acetate (PVA), Viton
If you are allergic to natural rubber products, you may double glove with 8 mil Nitrile gloves.