In this post, you will learn about nitrile gloves’ chemical resistant chart or compatibility chart. This chart will show you what kind of chemical nitrile gloves will resist, be compatible, or will not react.
But, before showing you that information, let me describe nitrile gloves in more detail.
Nitrile glove is one of the most common glove types that are used in many industries; automotive, chemicals, medical, food, wood processing, and many more.
It is made from nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) – a kind of copolymer, which is composed of acrylonitrile and butadiene. Nitrile butadiene rubber is a synthetic rubber.
Acrylonitrile improves chemical resistance, and butadiene is responsible for flexibility and tear resistance.
Besides that, nitrile gloves have other advantages compared to other types of gloves such as:
- nitrile glove is more comfortable than other gloves since it will not cause skin allergies like natural latex for most the people
- nitrile glove has a higher resistance to oils and acids than those made from natural latex
- nitrile glove resists abrasion and puncture
- nitrile glove gives high levels of tactile sensitivity
Nitrile Gloves Chemical Resistant Chart
Even though nitrile gloves has several advantages, it does not mean that nitrile gloves can be used for handling all kind of chemicals.
It means that nitrile gloves do not resist some chemicals.
So, that’s why you should know the nitrile gloves’ chemical resistance chart to get the answers. Use nitrile gloves only for handling chemicals with compatibility status “Excellent or Good”.
Here is the chart:
| No | Chemical name | Compatibility |
| 1 | Acetaldehyde | Fair |
| 2 | Acetic Acid | Good |
| 3 | Acetone | Poor |
| 4 | Ammonium Hydroxide | Excellent |
| 5 | Amyl Acetate | Fair |
| 6 | Aniline | Excellent |
| 7 | Animal Fats | Excellent |
| 8 | Asphalt | Excellent |
| 9 | Benzylic Alcohol | Excellent |
| 10 | Bleach | Excellent |
| 11 | Boric Acid | Excellent |
| 12 | Brake Fluid | Excellent |
| 13 | Butyl Acetate | Fair |
| 14 | Carbon Tetrachloride | Good |
| 15 | Chloracetone | Poor |
| 16 | Chromic Acid 50% | Fair |
| 17 | Citric Acid 10% | Excellent |
| 18 | Creosote | Excellent |
| 19 | Cutting Oil | Excellent |
| 20 | Cyclohexane | Excellent |
| 21 | Diesel Fuel | Excellent |
| 22 | Diethanolamine | Excellent |
| 23 | Diethyl Ether | Excellent |
| 24 | Dioctyl Phtalate (DOP) | Good |
| 25 | Ethyl Acetate | Poor |
| 26 | Ethyl Alcohol (Ethanol) | Excellent |
| 27 | Ethylene Glycol | Excellent |
| 28 | Fertilizers | Excellent |
| 29 | Fish (Shell Fish) | Excellent |
| 30 | Fluorides | Excellent |
| 31 | Formaldehyde 37% (Formalin) | Excellent |
| 32 | Fuel Oil | Excellent |
| 33 | Hexane | Excellent |
| 34 | Household Detergents | Good |
| 35 | Hydraulic Fluid | Excellent |
| 36 | Hydrochloric Acid 30% | Excellent |
| 37 | Hydrofluoric Acid 30% | Excellent |
| 38 | Hydrogen Peroxide | Excellent |
| 39 | Kerosene | Excellent |
| 40 | Linseed Oil | Excellent |
| 41 | Methyl Alcohol (Methanol) | Excellent |
| 42 | Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK) | Poor |
| 43 | Methyl Formate | Fair |
| 44 | Mineral Oils | Excellent |
| 45 | Naphtha | Excellent |
| 46 | Naphthalene | Good |
| 47 | Nitric Acid | Fair |
| 48 | Nitrobenzene | Fair |
| 49 | Oleic Acid | Excellent |
| 50 | Perchloroethylene | Good |
| 51 | Phosphoric Acid | Excellent |
| 52 | Photo Developer Fixer | Excellent |
| 53 | Pine Oil | Excellent |
| 54 | Potassium Hydroxide 50% KOH | Fair |
| 55 | Poultry | Excellent |
| 56 | Propylene Dichloride | Fair |
| 57 | Silicates | Excellent |
| 58 | Sodium Hydroxide 50% NaOH | Fair |
| 59 | Sodium Hypochlorite | Excellent |
| 60 | Stearic Acid | Good |
| 61 | Sulphuric Acid (Concentrated) | Fair |
| 62 | Sulphuric Acid (Diluted) | Excellent |
| 63 | Tetrahydrofuran (THF) | Poor |
| 64 | Toluene (Toluol) | Fair |
| 65 | Trinitrobenzene | Good |
| 66 | Turpentine | Excellent |
| 67 | Vegetable Oil | Excellent |
| 68 | Weed Killer | Excellent |
| 69 | Wood Preservatives | Excellent |
| 70 | Xylene | Good |
