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If you have a problem with your Respirex product, our dedicated quality and support team are here to help. We offer a repair facility at our Redhill factory, please call us or use the form to get in touch and we will contact you to discuss your requirements.
Call us on +44 (0) 1737 778660 - our office are open 8.30am until 5pm (UK time) or use the dedicated contact forms
Videos
Our video library includes donning and doffing guides for our suits as well as maintenance and product care videos.
ServiceTech
A comprehensive equipment testing service from Respirex designed to help you comply with the latest Health and Safety regulations.
Our skilled and fully trained Service Engineers provide third party certification for your equipment that helps with a safety audit trail for the HSE and assist you to ensure that the equipment is suitable for use and complies with the latest regulations.
Material Testing
We test every element of our products to ensure their safety, performance and comfort. Some testing is carried out at our factory while some is undertaken for us at specialist accredited testing laboratories.
We thoroughly test our materials for their chemical resistance at an independent UKAS accredited laboratory for chemical permeation testing and for testing the physical properties of materials. We regularly re-test our fabrics and seams to ensure quality.
PERMASURE® TOXICITY MODELLER
PermaSURE® is a new software tool designed to help answer one simple question: How long can I work safely in this environment?
Using the latest toxicity modelling techniques, the PermaSURE® app calculates your safe working time based on the chemical you are working with, the extent of your exposure, the suit you are using and the suit temperature.
Chemline Advisory Service
Chemline is a specialist post-incident advisory service for hazardous materials (Hazmat) emergency teams. Chemline can call on over 20 years of experience of the ways in which various chemicals affect different protective fabrics.
This truly independent subscription based service was set up in 1997, at the behest of CACFOA, to advise whether chemical protective clothing (CPC) can safely be re-used following a chemical incident.
FABRIC DATA
Respirex manufacture protective garments from a wide range of high-performance materials.
PERMEATION TABLES
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| Chemical | CAS Number | Chemprotex™ 300 | Neoprene | PVC C2 | Viton®/Butyl/Viton® (VBV) | Viton®/Butyl/Polyester (VBP) | Butyl | Viton® Laminate | Chemprotex™ 400 | Tychem® TK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ‘Roundup’ weedkiller | n/a | >480mins | >480mins | |||||||
| acetaldehyde | 75-07-0 | >480mins | >10mins | <10mins | >480mins | >480mins | >30mins | >480mins | >480mins | |
| acetic acid, 10% | 64-19-7 | >480mins | >480mins | |||||||
| acetic acid, 30% | 64-19-7 | >480mins | >480mins | |||||||
| acetic acid, glacial | 64-19-7 | >480mins | >300mins | >30mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | |
| acetic anhydride | 108-24-7 | >480mins | >300mins | >10mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | |
| acetone | 67-64-1 | >480mins | >10mins | >480mins | >300mins | >240mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | |
| acetone cyanohydrin | 75-86-5 | >480mins | ||||||||
| acetonitrile | 75-05-8 | >480mins | >30mins | <10mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins |
| acetophenone | 98-86-2 | >480mins | >30mins | >30mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||
| acrylamide 50% | 79-06-1 | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||||||
| acrylic acid | 79-10-7 | >480mins | >180mins | >30mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||
| acrylonitrile | 107-13-1 | >480mins | >10mins | >480mins | >480mins | >300mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||
| allyl alcohol | 107-18-6 | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||||||
| allyl chloride | 107-05-01 | <10mins | <10mins | >60mins | >10mins | <10mins | >480mins | |||
| ammonia gas | 7664-41-7 | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | |
| ammonia solution, 35% | 1336-21-6 | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | |
| ammonium hydroxide (35% NH3 in water) | 1336-21-6 | >480mins | >480mins | |||||||
| ammonium nitrate sat. | 6484-52-2 | >480mins | ||||||||
| amyl acetate | 628-63-7 | >480mins | >10mins | >10mins | >240mins | >60mins | >30mins | >480mins | >480mins | |
| aniline | 62-53-3 | >480mins | >60mins | >60mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | |
| aviation fuel | n/a | >480mins | >120mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | |||
| benzene | 71-43-2 | >30mins | <10mins | <10mins | >420mins | >240mins | >10mins | >360mins | >480mins | |
| benzonitrile | 100-47-0 | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||||||
| benzoyl chloride | 98-88-4 | >480mins | >10mins | >480mins | >480mins | >60mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||
| benzyl alcohol | 100-51-6 | >480mins | >480mins | >120mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||
| benzyl chloride | 100-44-7 | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||||||
| brake fluid Mobil DTE 25 | n/a | >120mins | >480mins | >480mins | >120mins | |||||
| bromine | 7726-95-6 | <10mins | ||||||||
| bromine liquid | 7726-95-6 | <10mins | >10mins | >480mins | >240mins | <10mins | <10mins | |||
| butadiene, 1,3- | 106-99-0 | >480mins | >30mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||||
| butane | 106-97-8 | >480mins | >480mins | |||||||
| butanol n- | 71-36-3 | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||||||
| butyl acetate | 123-86-4 | >480mins | ||||||||
| butyl aldehyde | 123-72-8 | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||||||
| butyl ether n- | 142-96-1 | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||||||
| carbon disulphide | 75-15-0 | >480mins | <10mins | >480mins | >480mins | <10mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | |
| chlorine gas | 7782-50-5 | >480mins | >480mins | >180mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | |
| chloroacetic acid 85% | 79-11-8 | >480mins | >480mins | |||||||
| chlorobenzene | 108-90-7 | >240mins | <10mins | <10mins | >480mins | >300mins | <10mins | >360mins | >480mins | |
| chloroethanol 2- | 107-07-3 | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||||||
| chloroform | 67-66-3 | <10mins | <10mins | <10mins | >420mins | >120mins | <10mins | >60mins | >480mins | |
| chloromethane gas | 74-87-3 | >60mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||||||
| chlorosulphonic acid | 7790-94-5 | >10mins | >10mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||||
| cresol m- | 108-39-4 | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||||||
| cyclohexane | 110-82-7 | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||||||
| cyclohexanone | 108-94-1 | >480mins | >30mins | >30mins | >480mins | >480mins | >300mins | >480mins | ||
| di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate | 117-81-7 | >480mins | >480mins | |||||||
| dibromomethane | 74-95-3 | <10mins | >480mins | >120mins | >10mins | |||||
| dichlorodimethysilane | 75-78-5 | >480mins | >480mins | |||||||
| dichloromethane | 75-09-2 | >480mins | <10mins | >60mins | >10mins | <10mins | >240mins | >480mins | >480mins | |
| diesel fuel | n/a | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||||||
| diethylamine | 109-89-7 | >10mins | <10mins | >60mins | >10mins | <10mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | |
| diethylsulphate | 64-67-5 | >480mins | >480mins | |||||||
| dimethyl formamide | 68-12-2 | >480mins | >30mins | >10mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | |||
| dimethyl sulphate | 77-78-1 | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | |||
| dimethyl sulphide | 75-18-3 | >10mins | >60mins | |||||||
| dimethylacetamide, N,N- | 127-19-5 | >480mins | >30mins | >10mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | |
| dioxane 1,4- | 123-91-1 | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||||||
| epichlorohydrin | 106-89-8 | >480mins | >10mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||
| ethanol | 64-17-5 | >480mins | >480mins | >60mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||
| ethanolamine | 141-43-5 | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||||||
| ethyl acetate | 141-78-6 | >480mins | <10mins | <10mins | >180mins | >60mins | >30mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins |
| ethyl benzene | 100-41-4 | >10mins | >10mins | >480mins | >480mins | <10mins | >480mins | |||
| ethyl cellosolve acetate | 111-15-9 | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||||||
| ethylene diamine | 107-15-3 | >480mins | >480mins | |||||||
| ethylene dibromide | 106-93-4 | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||||||
| ethylene dichloride | 107-06-2 | >480mins | ||||||||
| ethylene glycol | 107-21-1 | >480mins | >480mins | |||||||
| ethylene oxide | 75-21-8 | >480mins | >10mins | >480mins | >120mins | >480mins | >480mins | |||
| formaldehyde, 37% sol | 50-00-0 | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | |||
| formic acid 96% | 64-18-6 | >480mins | >480mins | |||||||
| formic acid, 30% - 90% | 64-18-6 | >480mins | >480mins | |||||||
| furaldehyde 2- | 98-01-1 | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||||||
| furfural | 98-01-1 | >60mins | >10mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||||
| glutaraldehyde 5% | 111-30-8 | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||||||
| heptane | 142-82-5 | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | <10mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||
| hexamethylene diisocyanate | 822-06-0 | >180mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||||
| hexane | 110-54-3 | >480mins | >10mins | >480mins | >480mins | <10mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||
| hydrazine | 302-01-2 | >480mins | ||||||||
| hydrazine hydrate | 7803-57-8 | >480mins | >480mins | |||||||
| hydrazine monohydrate | 7803-57-8 | >480mins | >480mins | |||||||
| hydrochloric acid 36% | 7647-01-0 | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | |||||
| hydrochloric acid 37% | 7647-01-0 | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||||||
| hydrofluoric acid 48% | 7664-39-3 | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | |
| hydrofluoric acid 73% | 7664-39-3 | >480mins | >240mins | >10mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||||
| hydrogen chloride gas | 7647-01-0 | >480mins | >120mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | |||
| hydrogen fluoride gas | 7664-39-3 | >300mins | >10mins | >120mins | >120mins | >10mins | >300mins | >480mins | ||
| hydrogen fluoride liquid | 7664-39-3 | >180mins | >10mins | >480mins | >480mins | >180mins | >480mins | |||
| hydrogen peroxide 27.5% | 7722-84-1 | >480mins | >480mins | |||||||
| hydrogen peroxide 30% | 7722-84-1 | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||||||
| kerosene | 8008-20-8 | >480mins | >480mins | |||||||
| lactic acid | 50-21-5 | >480mins | >480mins | |||||||
| lactic acid, 40% | 50-21-5 | >480mins | >480mins | |||||||
| mercuric chloride (sat. solution) | 7487-94-7 | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||||||
| methacrylic acid | 79-41-4 | >480mins | >60mins | >60mins | >480mins | >480mins | >240mins | >480mins | >480mins | |
| methane sulphonyl chloride | 124-63-0 | >180mins | ||||||||
| methanol | 67-56-1 | >480mins | >480mins | >30mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins |
| methyl acrylate | 96-33-3 | >480mins | >10mins | <10mins | >300mins | >60mins | >30mins | >480mins | >480mins | |
| methyl chloride | 74-87-3 | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||||||
| methyl ethyl ketone (M.E.K) 2-butanone | 78-93-3 | >480mins | <10mins | >360mins | >60mins | >60mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||
| methyl mercaptan | 74-93-1 | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||||||
| methyl methacrylate | 80-62-6 | >480mins | <10mins | >120mins | >30mins | >10mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||
| methyl pyrolidone, n | 872-50-4 | >480mins | >480mins | |||||||
| methyl vinyl ketone | 78-94-4 | >480mins | >10mins | <10mins | >480mins | >300mins | >480mins | |||
| methyl-t-butyl-ether | 1634-04-4 | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||||||
| methylene bromide | 74-95-3 | >480mins | >480mins | |||||||
| nicotine | 54-11-5 | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||||||
| nitric acid | 7697-37-2 | >480mins | ||||||||
| nitric acid (>90% fuming) | 7697-37-2 | >480mins | >480mins | |||||||
| nitric acid 10% | 7697-37-2 | >480mins | >480mins | |||||||
| nitric acid 60% - 70% | 7697-37-2 | >480mins | >30mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||||
| nitric acid 70% conc | 7697-37-2 | >480mins | >480mins | |||||||
| nitric acid, fuming | 7697-37-2 | >30mins | >300mins | >360mins | ||||||
| nitrobenzene | 98-95-3 | >480mins | >60mins | >30mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||
| nitromethane 96% | 75-52-5 | >480mins | >480mins | |||||||
| oleum (15% free SO3) | 8014-95-7 | >480mins | >480mins | |||||||
| oleum 30% | 8014-95-7 | >240mins | >60mins | >480mins | >480mins | >120mins | ||||
| oleum 40% SO3 | 8014-95-7 | >480mins | ||||||||
| oxalic acid saturated solution | 6153-56-6 | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||||||
| perchloric acid | 7601-90-3 | >480mins | >480mins | |||||||
| petrol - unleaded | 8006-61-9 | >480mins | <10mins | >480mins | >480mins | <10mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||
| petrol, leaded | n/a | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||||||
| phenol 85% aqueous | 108-95-2 | >480mins | >360mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||||
| phenol, liquid -41 °C | 108-95-2 | >60mins | >30mins | >480mins | >480mins | >120mins | ||||
| phenol, solid | 108-95-2 | >480mins | >300mins | |||||||
| phosgene | 75-44-5 | >10mins | >480mins | >120mins | >480mins | |||||
| phosphoric acid 20% | 7664-38-2 | >480mins | >480mins | |||||||
| phosphoric acid 85% | 7664-38-2 | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||
| phosphorus oxytrichloride | 10025-87-3 | >420mins | >420mins | |||||||
| phosphorus trichloride | 7719-12-2 | <10mins | >300mins | <10mins | >480mins | |||||
| potassium chromate (sat. solution) | 7789-00-6 | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||||||
| potassium hydroxide 40% | 1310-58-3 | >480mins | >480mins | |||||||
| propan-2-ol | 67-63-0 | >480mins | >480mins | >60mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||
| propylene oxide | 75-56-9 | >480mins | <10mins | >60mins | >10mins | >10mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||
| pyridine | 110-86-1 | >480mins | >10mins | <10mins | >300mins | >120mins | >180mins | >480mins | >480mins | |
| sodium cyanide 45% | 143-33-9 | >480mins | >480mins | |||||||
| sodium hydroxide 40% | 1310-73-2 | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||
| sodium hypochlorite (12% chlorine) | 7681-52-9 | >480mins | >480mins | |||||||
| sodium hypochlorite 13% | 7681-52-9 | >480mins | >480mins | |||||||
| styrene | 100-42-5 | >480mins | >10mins | >480mins | >10mins | >480mins | >480mins | |||
| sulphur dioxide | 7446-09-5 | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | |||
| sulphuric acid 10% - 50% | 7664-93-9 | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | |||||
| sulphuric acid 50% | 7664-93-9 | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||||||
| sulphuric acid 95-98% | 7664-93-9 | >480mins | >480mins | |||||||
| sulphuric acid 99% | 7664-93-9 | >480mins | >300mins | >120mins | >480mins | >480mins | >300mins | >480mins | >480mins | |
| tetrachloroethylene | 127-18-4 | >480mins | >10mins | >480mins | >480mins | <10mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||
| tetraethyl lead (Octel Anti Knock) | 78-00-2 | >480mins | ||||||||
| tetrahydrofuran | 109-99-9 | >30mins | <10mins | <10mins | >30mins | >10mins | <10mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins |
| thionyl chloride | 7719-09-7 | <10mins | >300mins | |||||||
| toluene | 108-88-3 | >120mins | <10mins | <10mins | >480mins | >480mins | <10mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins |
| toluene-2,4-diisocyanate | 584-84-9 | >480mins | >60mins | >60mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | |
| toluidine, o- | 95-53-4 | >480mins | >60mins | >60mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||
| trichloroacetic acid 80% | 650-51-1 | >480mins | >480mins | |||||||
| trichlorobenzene, 1,2,4- | 120-82-1 | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | >480mins | ||||
| trichloroethane | 71-55-6 | >480mins | ||||||||
| trichloroethylene | 79-01-6 | >10mins | <10mins | <10mins | >480mins | >300mins | >30mins | >480mins | ||
| triethylamine | 121-44-8 | >120mins | >10mins | >10mins | >480mins | >480mins | >10mins | >480mins | >480mins | |
| trifluoroacetic acid | 76-05-1 | >480mins | >480mins | >30mins | >480mins | |||||
| vinyl acetate | 108-05-4 | >480mins | >10mins | <10mins | >300mins | >60mins | >60mins | >480mins | >480mins | |
| xylene | 1330-20-7 | >480mins | <10mins | >480mins | >480mins | <10mins | >480mins | >480mins |
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