Designation:F1001−12StandardGuideforSelectionofChemicalstoEvaluateProtectiveClothingMaterials1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF1001;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.INTRODUCTIONWorkersinvolvedintheproduction,use,andtransportationofchemicalscanbeexposedtonumerouscompoundscapableofcausingharmuponcontactwiththehumanbody.Thedeleteriouseffectsofthesechemicalscanrangefromacutetrauma,suchasdermatitisorburns,tochronicdegenerativedisease,suchascancerorpulmonaryfibrosis.Becauseengineeringcontrolsmaynoteliminateallpossibleexposures,attentionisoftengiventoreducingthepotentialfordirectskincontactthroughtheuseofprotectiveclothingthatresistsdegradation,penetration,andpermeation.Standardtestmethodsarebeingestablishedtomeasuredegradation,penetration,andpermeationchemicalresistanceofprotectiveclothingmaterials.Chemicalresistanceinformationforanumberofchemicalsoftenaccompaniesmanyprotectiveclothingarticles.However,becausetherearesomanypossibleprotectiveclothingandchemicalcombinations,thenumberandtypeofchemicalsappearinginchemicalresistancetablesvaryextensively.Thisguideestablishesastandardizedlistofchemicalstobeusedinevaluatingprotectiveclothingmaterials.Thelistofchemicalsincludesabroadrangeofrepresentativechemicalclassesandproperties.Thisguideisintendedtoprovideaminimumsetofchemicalsingeneratingtestresultsforprotectiveclothingusersandtoaidinscreeningnewmaterials.1.Scope1.1Thepurposeofthisguideistoprovidearecommendedlistofbothliquidandgaseouschemicalsforevaluatingprotectiveclothingmaterialsintestingprograms.1.2Resultsderivedfromtestingprogramsusingtheselistsoftestchemicalsarenotintendedforthedefinitivecharacter-izationofprotectiveclothingmaterials.1.3Thislistoftestchemicalsisnotinclusiveofallchemicalchallenges;thechemicalswerechosentorepresentbroadr...
