Description S tr engths W eaknes ses NITRILE Antislip vulcanised s ynthetic rubber Ex c ellent abr asion and cut r esis tanc e T hr ee times the punctur e r esis tanc e of la t e x Good mechanical perf ormanc e Ex c ellent r esis tanc e t o oil gr ease and h y dr ocarbons Good r esis tanc e t o acids c ertain or ganic solv ents pes ticides oils and fuels No la t e x pr ot eins Hea t r esis tanc e but no fame r esis tanc e R ela tiv ely rigid Normally lo w t ear r esis tanc e No chemical r esis tanc e agains t k et ones and some chlorina t ed h y dr ocarbons meth ylene chloride and trichlor oeth ylene NA TURAL LA TEX Na tur al la t e x mainly fr om la t e x and the rubber tr ee V ery fe xible and elas tic Good grip Ex c ellent r esis tanc e t o t earing and bending Good r esis tanc e t o abr asion V ery r obus t W a t erpr oof Pr ot ects agains t w eak acids caus tics alc ohols and det er gents Pr ot ection agains t viruses and bact eria P oor chemical r esis tanc e agains t oils gr eases h y dr ocarbons and or ganic solv ents Pr ot eins ma y cause aller gies POL YURE THANE PU Plas tic tha t is a micr opor ous elas t omer V ery fe xible and elas tic No la t e x pr ot eins Clean does not shed particles lik e other polymers Good r esis tanc e t o abr asion Good r esis tanc e t o oil Does not har den in the c old Does not soft en in the hea t Ex c ellent perspir a tion r eduction thanks t o por ous v entila tion L o w chemical r esis tanc e P oor r esis tanc e t o hot w a t er P VC POL Y VINYL CHL ORIDE Impermeable plas tic Fle xible a t e v en 4F 20C Ma t erial soft ened b y a plas ticiz er Good electrical insula t or High chemical r esis tanc e L o w r esis tanc e t o cuts puncturing and hea t Disposable P V C glo v es might ha v e pinholes L o w r esis tanc e t o solv ents NEOPRENE P oly chlor opr ene s ynthetic rubber Fle xible and soft lik e Na tur al La t e x No la t e x pr ot eins Good abr asion and cut r esis tant Chemical pr ot ection agains t acids alc ohols f a ts k et ones or ganic and inor ganic solv ents oils gr eases and petr ochemicals Hea t r esis tant and fame r esis tant P oor grip when w et No chemical r esis tanc e agains t chlorina t ed h y dr ocarbon solv ents BUTYL S ynthetic rubber polymer f or hea v y chemical pr ot ection V ery elas tic e v en a t lo w t emper a tur es Ex c ellent chemical r esis tanc e agains t k et ones MEK ac et one and acids L o w gas permeability Limit ed grip Limit ed de xt erity P oor mechanical r esis tanc e P oor r esis tanc e t o alipha tic h y dr ocarbons he x ane diesel gasoline ar oma tic h y dr ocarbons benz ene t oluene x ylene and halogena t ed solv ents chlor of orm and chlor obenz ene VIT ON S ynthetic rubber polymer the las t r esort Pr ot ects wher e nothing else pr ot ects Chemical pr ot ection agains t PCBs Ex c ellent chemical pr ot ection agains t chlorina t ed alipha tic and ar oma tic h y dr ocarbons Limit ed grip Limit ed de xt erity Not suitable f or k et ones es t ers and nitr o c ompounds EA CH C O A TING HA S IT S QU ALITIES SHO W A INDUS TRIAL SERIES 5