Glovebox
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- For the compartment in a vehicle's dashboard, see glove compartment.
A glovebox is a sealed container that is designed to allow one to manipulate potentially hazardous objects contained within. Built into the sides of the glovebox are two gloves arranged in such a way that one can place their hands into the gloves and be able to perform tasks inside the box without breaking the seal or allowing potential damage to one's hands. Gloveboxes and their associated gloves are often made of plastic. They are usually transparent to allow one to see what they are manipulating.
At plutonium processing facilities such as the, now deactivated, Rocky Flats Plant which manufacutured plutonium triggers, or "pits", production facilities consisted of linked stainless steel gloveboxes which contained the equipment which forged and machined the parts for the triggers. Actual gloves were lead lined, other materials used in the gloveboxes, which were of industrial size, up to 64 feet in length, included plexiglass viewing windows and Benelex shielding, composed of wood fiber and plastic, which shielded against neutron radiation. Manipulation of the lead-lined gloves was onerous work.