This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 374-3:2003. It supersedes BS EN 374-3:1994 which is withdrawn. This British Standard, was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 16 september 2003. — 16 p. — ISBN: 0 580 42646 7.
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 continious 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.