>> EN ISO 374-1: 2016 + A1: 2018
Protective gloves against dangerous chemicals and micro-organisms.
Part 1: Terminology and performance requirements for chemical risks
Gloves against chemicals must resist against penetration (this is a movement on a non-molecular level of a chemical through materials, seams, pinholes, or other imperfections in a protective glove material) and permeation (this is a process which a chemical moves through a protective glove material on a molecular level).
Class |
Breakthrough time
|
1 |
> 10 minutes |
2 |
> 30 minutes |
3 |
> 60 minutes |
4 |
> 120 minutes |
5 |
> 240 minutes |
6 |
> 480 minutes |
3 types of gloves are defined according to the number of chemicals tested on a list of 18, and the passage time.
TYPE |
Breakthrough time |
A |
≥ 30 min for at least 6 products of the list (see below) |
B |
≥ 30 min for at least 3 products of the list (see below) |
C |
≥ 10 min for at least 1 product of the list (see below) |
18 chemicals are eligible to perform the test.
Each chemical corresponds to a letter.
Code |
Chemical |
Cas n° |
Class |
A |
Methanol |
67-56-1 |
Primary alcohol |
B |
Acetone |
67–64–1 |
Ketone |
C |
Acetonitrile |
75-05-8 |
Nitrile composite |
D |
Dichloromethane |
75–09–2 |
Chlorinated hydrocarbon |
E |
Carbone Disulphide |
75–15–0 |
Organic compound |
F |
Toluene |
108–88–3 |
Aromatic hydrocarbon |
G |
Diethylamine |
109–89–7 |
Amine |
H |
Tetrahydrofuranne |
109–99–9 |
Heterocyclic Ether |
I |
Ethyl acetate |
141–78–6 |
Ester |
J |
n-Heptane |
142–82–5 |
Saturated Hydrocarbon |
K |
Sodium hydroxide 40% |
1310–73–2 |
Inorganic base |
L |
Sulphuric acid 96% |
7664–93–9 |
Inorganic mineral acid, oxidising |
M |
nitric acid (65% ± 3) % |
7697–37–2 |
Inorganic mineral acid |
N |
acetic acid (99% ± 1) % |
64–19–7 |
Organic acid |
O |
ammonia 25% |
1336–21–6 |
Organic base |
P |
hydrogen peroxid 30% |
7722-84-1 |
Peroxide |
S |
hydrofluoric acid 40% |
7664-39-3 |
Inorganic mineral acid |
T |
formaldehyde 37% |
50-00-0 |
Aldehyde |
>> EN ISO 374-5: 2016
Protective gloves against dangerous chemicals and micro-organisms.
Part 5: Terminology and performance requirements for micro-organisms risks.
Protection against bacteria and fungi
VIRUS = with additional virus permeation test (ISO16604)
>> EN ISO 374-4 : 2019
Protective gloves against chemicals and micro-organisms.
Part 4: Determination of resistance to degradation by chemicals
Degradation levels indicate change in puncture resistance of gloves after exposure to the chemical.
Non-exhaustive list of standards.
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