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Why chain-mail gloves? I guess it would react with plastic gloves, but wouldn't some peroxide get through the gaps in the chain-mail?
by kristianp 10y ago
Why chain-mail gloves? I guess it would react with plastic gloves, but wouldn't some peroxide get through the gaps in the chain-mail?
- kazinator 10y agoI'm also curious. If the peroxide explodes, a layer of chain mail could protect against cuts from the shrapnel, I suppose?
- epmos 10y agoI'm guessing, but since in other contexts metals are used as a catalyst to decompose HOOH I suspect that it protects your hands from direct exposure. This would release a lot of heat, but that's likely better for you.
- dredmorbius 10y agoChainmail strikes me as more useful for kinetic than chemical protection. E.g., when the experiment blows up in your hands (or near them).
- iSnow 10y agoWith chain-mail gloves, there's a decent chance you still have hands after the explosion.
- CriminallyInane 10y agoisn't that the joke...? It wouldn't do anything to help but "Part of the purpose, I believe, was to make you think very carefully about what you were doing as you put them on"
- sevenless 10y agoWell, at least it keeps your hand in one piece for the surgeons to reattach.
- jandrese 10y agoI think the primary purpose is to keep the hot glass shards from shredding your skin. I'm guessing you wear standard rubber/plastic gloves underneath the chainmail to protect against the heat and chemicals.