BS EN 374-3:2003

Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Test principle
5 Collecting media
  5.1 General
  5.2 Gaseous collecting medium
  5.3 Liquid collecting medium
  5.4 Other collecting medium
6 Apparatus
  6.1 Permeation cell
  6.2 Temperature controlled room, cabinet or water
      bath
  6.3 Gas supply, e.g. dry air, nitrogen or helium
      (in case of a gaseous collecting medium)
  6.4 Liquid pump and stirrer (in case of a liquid
      collecting medium)
  6.5 Equipment for the quantitative determination of
      the test chemical or its components in the
      collecting medium
  6.6 Time measuring device
7 Test specimens
8 Procedure
  8.1 Calibration
  8.2 Preparation of test specimens and apparatus
  8.3 Test conditions
  8.4 Assessment of breakthrough time
  8.5 Test procedure for determination of the permeation
      rate
  8.6 Expression of results
9 Test report
Annex ZA (informative) Clauses of this European
         Standard addressing essential requirements
         or other provisions of EU Directives

Covers the determination of the resistance of protective glove materials to permeation by potentially hazardous non gaseous chemicals under the condition of continuous contact. Coverage includes definitions, collecting media, apparatus and procedure. Also gives detailed diagrams.

This European Standard specifies the determination of the resistance of protective glove materials to permeation by potentially hazardous non-gaseous chemicals under the condition of continuous contact.

It is emphasised that the test does not represent conditions likely to be found in service, and the use of test data should be restricted to comparing materials chiefly on a relative basis in broad categories of breakthrough times.