A Review of Glove Box Construction and Experimentation

An Accessible Glove Box Project for Procedures That Require Inert Conditions

“…A number of research areas, such as found in chemistry and biology, need to be conducted in appropriate local due to two main reasons: The first is to protect the researcher from toxic materials and the second is when the materials to be manipulated are moisture or oxygen sensitive. 1,2 A Glove box is a simple apparatus that can solve these problems by coupling a pair of gloves in a sealed compartment which can be filled with an inert gas under at pressures that are slightly higher, lower or equal to atmospheric pressure. Many models of glove boxes are reported in the literature which can be cubic, trapezoid, cylindrical or in a bag-type format.…”

“…The transparent parts can be made using polymers or safety glass and gloves from different types of rubbers, each advantages and disadvantages, depending of the application, for example, a glove box made using a polyvinyl chloride bag is very easy to be transported and doesn't take up much space when it isn't in use, but it can be easily damaged by pointed tools. 1 In the Table 1 a summary of advantages and disadvantages of some materials usually used to build this apparatus are reported.…”