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Safety Goggles are used to protect your eyes from airborne hazards. These may include very bright light, dust particles, flying shards, chemical splashes, smoke, corrosive liquids, etc. They should be used wherever there is a potential for eye damage that is too severe to rely on safety spectacles (safety glasses). In the workplace they should also be used whenever the work rules require their use. In a laboratory, they should be used whenever handling hazardous chemicals, working with vessels under pressure or high vacuum, or when in a lab where someone else is working with such materials.

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Is it okay to wear prescription glasses when doing an experiment?

Prescription glasses generally do not provide sufficient eye protection, particularly on the sides. There are several styles of laboratory eye protection that are designed to fit over prescription glasses; you should wear the prescription glasses and safety glasses or safety goggles as well. It's also possible to buy prescription safety glasses, but they're fairly expensive. Again: Ordinary prescription glasses are not a substitute for safety glasses/goggles.


top brands of safety glasses for sale?

For reliable and top notch safety glasses, I would definitely recommend looking into laboratory or scientific lab goggles or glasses as they are often the most protective and best for your money's worth.


What is the purpose of goggles that scientists use?

Safety goggles are worn by many crafts and trades, in order to protect the eyes. In the case of scientists, splashes from acids or alkalies would be a pretty obvious hazard.


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Why do scientist wear safety goggles?

Scientists, and others, wear safety goggles when they are working with corrosive, irritating, or toxic chemicals. If the chemicals got in their eyes eye damage could result. The goggles are to prevent that. Some scientists do not work with chemcials that do that, and those people do not wear safety goggles.

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What two pieces of safety equipment protect your eyes?

goggles/safety glasses


What is the purpose of safety glasses?

The purpose of safety goggles is that if you where in a science lesson and you where doing a practicle with acid and you where not wearing safety goggles and acid went in your eyes it would burn your eyes and that wouldn't be very nice so people wear the goggles to prevent accidents from happening :)


Who invented industrial safety glasses?

Safety GOGGLES were invented by a man called Francis J. Gurtowski in 1960. You mean safety goggles right? :]


Function of science apparatus-safety glasses?

Safety glasses, and safety goggles, are intended to protect the eyes by keeping chemical splashes, shards of glass, and other airborne debris from reaching the eye. The appropriate safety glasses or goggles to be used depend upon the type of activity in the area where they are to be worn.


What does man with glasses symbol mean?

A symbol showing a person wearing glasses is intended to indicate that safety eye wear (safety glasses or goggles, etc.) is required to be worn.


What are safety goggles and how are they used?

They protect yours eyes - wear them like glasses.


What is the apparatus used to protect our eyes in chemistry?

Safety glasses, or safety goggles are used to protect the eyes.


Is it okay to wear prescription glasses when doing an experiment?

Prescription glasses generally do not provide sufficient eye protection, particularly on the sides. There are several styles of laboratory eye protection that are designed to fit over prescription glasses; you should wear the prescription glasses and safety glasses or safety goggles as well. It's also possible to buy prescription safety glasses, but they're fairly expensive. Again: Ordinary prescription glasses are not a substitute for safety glasses/goggles.


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What is purpose of safety glass?

The purpose of safety goggles is that if you where in a science lesson and you where doing a practicle with acid and you where not wearing safety goggles and acid went in your eyes it would burn your eyes and that wouldn't be very nice so people wear the goggles to prevent accidents from happening :)


Where can one purchase safety goggles in Houston?

One could purchase safety goggles or glasses at the Berkeley Eye Center in Houston Texas. They have a wide assortment of both prescription and regular safety goggles. They have many locations throughout the Houston area.


Why wear safety glasses when working with acids and bases?

Safety glasses protect the eyes from potential splashes and spills of corrosive acids and bases, which can cause severe eye damage. The chemicals can react with the eye tissues, leading to burns, irritation, and even permanent damage. Wearing safety glasses is a vital precaution to prevent such harm while working with these substances.