How to select the appropriate gloves
Glove Selection
- Choose the appropriate glove based upon the operating conditions:
- manipulation of glassware and other equipment
- solvents and reagents (see list on next page)
- temperature (Cryo gloves (blue ones) should not be used to hold hot objects)
immersion time
- Periodically inspect the gloves you are wearing for signals of degradation:
- swelling and wrinkling
- hardening
- deterioration
- delamination
- discoloration
Last modified 29-August-2012 by website owner: NCNR (attn: Jeff Krzywon)