Gloves for NH3

[Aqua_man]

Quick question. Any insight on the best glove material for NH3? We use PVC for most of our other processes, will this material be suitable?

 

[Compositepro]

PVC should work fine. NH3 is a small molecule so would expect some permeation through most polymers but it also is not very hazardous at low concentrations. I would not leave a gloved hand in ammonia for hours, though. And I'm assuming that you are talking about ammonia/water solution. Ammonia vapors will dissolve in sweat and the fumes can bypass the glove though the sleeve.

 

[Aqua_man]

Thanks for the reply! We deal with ammonia/water solution as well as NH3 as a compressed gas. Norco just got us some butyl gloves but I was mostly curious about PVC as well as.