protective gloves
Safety hand covers
Protective gloves are gloves designed to shield hands from hazards—chemicals, heat, cuts, electrical shock, or biological contaminants.
Different materials serve different purposes: rubber for chemicals, leather for abrasion, Kevlar for cuts, insulated gloves for electricity.
Lab workers must wear protective gloves when handling specimens.
The term appears in safety regulations and workplace protocols.
- nitrileCyano-functional organic compound
- gauntletProtective armored handwear
- latexMilky plant-derived polymer
- KevlarProtective synthetic fiber
- neopreneSynthetic rubber polymer
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