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Material
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Contact Type
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Advantages
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Disadvantages
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Latex (Natural Rubber)
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Incidental Contact
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- Good for biological and water-based materials
- Comfortable with high tactile sensitivity
- Elastic and fits well
- Biodegradable
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- Poor for organic solvents
- Little chemical protection
- Hard to detect puncture holes
- Can cause or trigger latex allergies
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Nitrile
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Incidental and Extended Contact
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- Excellent general use glove
- Good for solvents, oils, greases, and some acids and bases
- Clear indication of tears and breaks
- Good alternative for those with latex allergies
- More durable and puncture-resistant than latex
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- Less elastic than latex
- More expensive
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Butyl Rubber
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Extended Contact
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- Good for ketones and esters
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- Poor for gasoline and aliphatic, aromatic, and halogenated hydrocarbons
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Neoprene
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Extended Contact
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- Good for acids, bases, alcohols, fuels, peroxides, hydrocarbons, and phenols
- Good for most hazardous chemicals
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- Poor for halogenated and aromatic hydrocarbons
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Norfoil
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Extended Contact
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- Good for most hazardous chemicals
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- Poor fit; dexterity can be improved with a heavier nitrile glove over it
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Viton
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Extended Contact
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- Good for chlorinated and aromatic solvents
- Good resistance to cuts and abrasions
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- Poor for ketones
- Expensive
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Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)
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Specific Use
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- Good for acids, bases, oils, fats, peroxides, and amines
- Good resistance to abrasions
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- Poor for most organic solvents
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Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA)
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Specific Use
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- Good for aromatic and chlorinated solvents
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- Poor for water-based solutions
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Stainless Steel, Kevlar, Leather
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Specific Use
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- Cut-resistant gloves
- Sleeves available for protection to wrists and forearms
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- Wear appropriate disposable gloves on top if potential for biological or chemical contamination
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Cryogenic Resistant Material (Leather)
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Specific Use
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- For use with cryogenic materials
- Designed to prevent frostbite
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- Never dip gloves directly into liquid nitrogen
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